Prof Tom Cotter
@proftomcotter.bsky.social
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Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry University College Cork Ireland food and wine lover.
Something for the anti vaxxer community 🧪# medsky
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RFK wrong AGAIN
www.scientificamerican.com/article/mass...
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#medsky
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Massive Study Finds No Link Between Fluoride in Tap Water and Lower Child IQ
Researchers tracked thousands of Americans for decades, finding no links between ingesting recommended levels of fluoride and lower cognitive skills
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/massive-study-debunks-one-of-rfk-jrs-biggest-claims-about-fluoride-in-tap/
6 days ago
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7 days ago
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Is this actually possible ??
united24media.com/latest-news/...
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Russia Launches First Brain-Chipped Bird Drones for Surveillance Over Cities
Russian company Neiry has tested pigeons as biodrones in Moscow, using neural implants and electronics to enhance their flight capabilities for various monitoring tasks.
https://united24media.com/latest-news/russia-launches-first-brain-chipped-bird-drones-for-surveillance-over-cities-13769
12 days ago
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100 year old beer advert. Can’t imagine what it must have tasted like! 🧪
16 days ago
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Pretty impressive Ireland 🧪
19 days ago
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share.google/kHjxtpSmcc5O...
. There is no evidence linking Tylenol to autism can someone tell the Texas Attorney General. 🧪#medsky
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Tylenol makers over autism claims
He accuses them of hiding alleged dangers from the drug, following the Trump administration's unproven claim it is linked to autism.
https://share.google/kHjxtpSmcc5O7O4UC
about 1 month ago
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share.google/g1Zj2RndoxsX...
. Not good news I think!!! 🧪
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How to spot fake scientists and stop them from publishing papers
Journals are considering doing identity checks to expose fake authors — but there are downsides.
https://share.google/g1Zj2RndoxsX3Jyuu
about 1 month ago
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The dancing plague of 1518 is a very good example of the nocebo effect and one where vaccines would have been ineffective it they were available then 🧪#medsky
about 2 months ago
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A book for RFK perhaps?
#medsky
about 2 months ago
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Talking with a friend over coffee this AM who recently had a cardiac bypass, we could think of several men who had a similar op but not a single woman. Is there a real gender difference
#medsky
about 2 months ago
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There are funny moments in life like this headline in today’s Irish Newspaper 🧪#medsky
about 2 months ago
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theconversation.com/a-billion-do...
. Interesting story of discovery
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A billion-dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil – what scientists and companies owe the Indigenous people they studied
Cancer. Diabetes. Aging itself. Rapamycin’s potential to treat an array of diseases has been a source of scientific fascination. But many aren’t aware of its origins – and its complicated legacy.
https://theconversation.com/a-billion-dollar-drug-was-found-in-easter-island-soil-what-scientists-and-companies-owe-the-indigenous-people-they-studied-250586
2 months ago
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It’s strangely comforting to know that as Donald Trump approaches 80 his medical advisor is RFK. 🧪
#medsky
2 months ago
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www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...
. My last post on the issue of Tylenol and autism. A very clear explanation of why there is no proven link 🧪#medsky
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Research doesn’t show using Tylenol during pregnancy causes autism. Here are 5 things to know
There’s no known single cause of autism.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/health/research-doesnt-show-using-tylenol-during-pregnancy-causes-autism-here-are-5-things-to-know
3 months ago
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jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
. Acetaminophen (Tylenol) does not cause autism in this very large study 🧪
#medsky
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Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability
This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2817406
3 months ago
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reposted by
Prof Tom Cotter
TRAstonDrs
3 months ago
#Medsky🧪
#IDsky
#Virosky
#immunosky
#publichealth
In a Q&A session
@statnews.com
, Prof Drew Weissman, the winner of the mRNA Nobel Prize, emphasised the vast body of literature that demonstrates the safety of
#COVID
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Winner of mRNA Nobel Prize says ACIP member’s claim that Covid vaccines persist is “absolutely impossible”
In a Q&A with STAT, Nobel winner Drew Weissman addressed concerns raised about Covid shots at a recent meeting of federal vaccine advisers.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/09/20/drew-weissman-nobel-prize-mrna-covid-vaccines-rebuts-retsef-levi-claims/
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
headlines in Europe this morning. Let’s see the supporting data please. 🧪
#medsky
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Trump officials reportedly set to tie Tylenol to autism risk
Washington Post says announcement imminent despite guidelines showing drug – known as paracetamol elsewhere - is safe for pregnant women to take
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/21/trump-officials-tylenol-autism
3 months ago
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Asked my botanist friend if I could eat this mushroom growing in my backyard. She replied you can eat any mushroom but some only once !!!
#medsky
3 months ago
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www.bbc.com/news/live/ce...
. My god things are really bad at the CDC. How can this insanity be stopped 🧪#medsky
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Susan Monarez to tell Senate how RFK Jr fired her - follow live
Watch live as the former head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention speaks to a Senate hearing.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cevz4r9jw1lt
3 months ago
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I see an Italian teenager has become a saint this AM. The two miracles attributed to him are really very dodgy! I guess the amputees who prayed to him were disappointed. Come to think of no amputee has ever benefited from a Miracle. Makes you think!! 🧪
#medsky
3 months ago
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Yes put someone in charge of the CDCwith no medical or scientific expertise and see where that leads to!!
#medsky
3 months ago
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www.bbc.com/news/article...
. What is happening America. 🧪
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White House fires CDC director as other officials resign
Lawyers for Dr Susan Monarez say she is being targeted for refusing "to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives".
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy3zjxy3dwo
3 months ago
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www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
. Brain chip can read your inner monologue. Intriguing research but a tad scary
#medsky
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Inner speech in motor cortex and implications for speech neuroprostheses
Inner speech is robustly represented in the motor cortex and can be decoded in real time to restore communication to people with paralysis. Unintentional decoding of private inner speech can be preven...
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)00681-6
4 months ago
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www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...
. Clinically useless of course
#medsky
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The common spice found to lower cholesterol and support heart health
Ginger has a rich history in traditional medicine, and modern science is catching up
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/ginger-benefits-diabetes-heart-brain-health-b2804311.html#
4 months ago
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I see that Trump has promised to reduce the cost of drugs by 300% not sure where he learned his math! But he must have been a terrible pupil. 🧪
4 months ago
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
. The lunatic has taken over the asylum it seems 🧪# medsky
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RFK Jr’s health department to halt $500m in mRNA vaccine research
Agency to end 22 federal contracts, questioning safety of technology credited with helping end Covid pandemic
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/05/rfk-jr-hhs-mrna-vaccine-research
4 months ago
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If you could invite 3 scientists from the 20th century to dinner who would they be? For me it would be Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman and Marie Curie. 🧪
4 months ago
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A recipe is like a biochemical method. If you follow it carefully you can get amazing results. Like tonight’s starter 🧪
5 months ago
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www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
. Fascinating read 🧪
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A Child's Skull That Has Long Confounded Archaeologists Might Be a Human-Neanderthal Hybrid, Study Suggests
According to new CT scans and models, parts of the 140,000-year-old skull resemble those of modern humans, while the jaw appears to be more similar to those of our extinct relatives
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-childs-skull-that-has-long-confounded-archaeologists-might-be-a-human-neanderthal-hybrid-study-suggests-180986981/
5 months ago
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m.youtube.com/watch?v=zsel...
. This kind of utterly stupid advice pisses me off big time
#MedSky
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As a BRAIN Doctor, I’m SHOCKED: THESE 5 Fruits Raise Stroke Risk Overnight | Senior Health Tips
YouTube video by WISE ADVICE
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zselqQ0_9w8
5 months ago
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
. This stunning piece of work was published in Nature today.
#medsky
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Imidazole propionate is a driver and therapeutic target in atherosclerosis - Nature
Imidazole propionate produced by gut microbiota is associated with atherosclerosis in mouse models and in humans, and causes the development of atherosclerosis through activation of the imidazoline-1 ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09263-w
5 months ago
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www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
. What’s the point. Cats don’t give a damn what you say 🧪
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AI research exploring how humans could speak with pets – and what could go wrong
First scientific institution focused on investigating animals’ consciousness is established
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/ai-humans-pets-speak-animals-lse-research-b2787861.html
5 months ago
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www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
. Why am I not surprised 🧪
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RFK Jr. promoted a company ‘to make America healthy’. Their meals are ultraprocessed
The meals contain chemical additives that would render them impossible to recreate at home in your kitchen
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/rfk-jr-moms-meals-medicare-b2784525.html
5 months ago
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Is France the first country to ban smoking on beaches? 🧪
5 months ago
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www.sustainability-times.com/impact/this-...
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“This Should Never Have Happened”: Scientists Horrified as World’s First Octopus Farm Sparks Ethical and Ecological Uproar - Sustainability Times
IN A NUTSHELL 🐙 Octopus farming proposed by Nueva Pescanova raises ethical concerns due to the intelligence and sentience of these creatures. ⚖️ The killing method involving ice slurry has been critic...
https://www.sustainability-times.com/impact/this-should-never-have-happened-scientists-horrified-as-worlds-first-octopus-farm-sparks-ethical-and-ecological-uproar/
5 months ago
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The smell of the Maillard Reaction. Amino acids and reducing sugars. Hard to beat it 🧪
5 months ago
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Utterly stupid headlines like this drive me crazy 🧪
5 months ago
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Went into a pharmacy today in France to get something to relieve teething pain for 3 month old grandson and was offered a homeopathic gel to rub on his gums. Is this unethical I ask? 🧪
5 months ago
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www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
. Another crazy decision 🧪
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HHS Confirms Contracts With Springer Nature Have Been Terminated
Move comes as top medical journals have been scrutinized by Trump administration officials
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/116341
5 months ago
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I wonder what plant based water tastes like 😵💫😵💫🧪
6 months ago
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aviationa2z.com/index.php/20...
. Great to see your country at the top of this list 🧪#medsky
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Top 10 Most Educated Countries of the World in 2025
We explore the top 10 most educated countries, where being a lifelong learner isn't just encouraged—it's practically a national sport!
https://aviationa2z.com/index.php/2025/06/04/top-10-most-educated-countries-of-the-world-in-2025/
6 months ago
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
. It just keeps getting worse!!! 🧪
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Exclusive: US veterans agency orders scientists not to publish in journals without clearance
Move that seeks political control of doctors’ and scientists’ published research fits a pattern of censorship by the Trump administration, veterans advocates say
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/01/us-veterans-affairs-agency-doctors-scientists-research
6 months ago
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www.popularmechanics.com/science/a649...
. Can’t see this happening 🧪
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A Scientist Says Humans Will Go Backwards in Time Within Just 4 Years
It'll certainly take some work.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a64906457/humans-going-backwards-in-time/
6 months ago
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www.visualcapitalist.com/charted-the-...
. Look who is top of the list. What a wonderful little country to be part of 🧪
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Charted: The World’s Most Educated Countries
Ireland has the highest share of educated people in the workforce, while India and China have the highest volumes of degree holders.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/charted-the-worlds-most-educated-countries/
6 months ago
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www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/r...
. Is there no end to this madness 🧪
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‘Corrupt’ medical journals have to change, RFK Jr. says, or the NIH will publish in-house
The criticism of The Lancet, NEJM and JAMA is not new, but the health secretary may use his position to influence research that journals publish.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/rfk-jr-says-medical-journals-corrupt-so-nih-may-publish-in-house/
6 months ago
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
. Interesting read for my US colleagues 🧪
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Now is the time for scientists to stand up against Trump’s repressive agenda | Daniel Malinsky
The administration is attacking research, health and the environment. We might seem unlikely activists – but we have a duty to dissent
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/25/scientists-trump-agenda
7 months ago
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RFK spouting the nonsense that Covid 19 resulted from a lab leak of a modified virus. This did not happen. The science is there to prove it. 🧪
7 months ago
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Belgium’s future queen caught up in Harvard foreign student ban
Princess Elisabeth has completed first year of master’s degree but Trump administration’s crackdown may jeopardise studies
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/23/belgium-future-queen-caught-up-harvard-foreign-student-ban
7 months ago
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
. The attack on an academic institution like Harvard is very similar to what happened in the 1930s Germany. It needs to be stopped 🧪
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Trump administration halts Harvard’s ability to enroll international students
Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem posts copy of department’s letter to university on X
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/22/trump-harvard-international-students
7 months ago
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