Sophia McCully
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Horizon scanning, futures and foresight at
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Geoengineering trials defended as āmissing partā of climate science - Research Professional News
Advanced Research and Invention Agency leader says government funding of small-scale field trials is justified
https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-innovation-2025-4-geoengineering-trials-defended-as-missing-part-of-climate-science/
11 months ago
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Hetan Shah
over 1 year ago
Blimey. UK life expectancy worst in Western Europe - OECD report
www.thetimes.com/article/52c5...
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The Health Foundation
11 months ago
A woman born in Wokingham can expect to live 15 more years in good health than a woman born in Blackpool. This inequality is played out in communities around the country. Find out more about what drives
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Health inequalities | The Health Foundation
Improvements in life expectancy have stalled and there are wide inequalities in health within and between local areas
https://bit.ly/4jz1H3M
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Jack Stilgoe
12 months ago
Nature have picked up our survey. We think it's the largest survey of AI researchers ever conducted. Here's a quick thread on some of the headlines
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Will AI improve your life? Hereās what 4,000 researchers think
Scientists working on artificial intelligence are more confident than the public that the technology will benefit people.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01123-x
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We will miss you so much, Ale.
www.progress.org.uk/remembering-...
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Remembering our friend Alessandro Coatti | PET
Following the death of Alessandro Coatti ā an expert in science and policy aspects of genome editing, who was much loved by his friends and colleagues ā Sandy Starr and Sophia McCully pay tribute...
https://www.progress.org.uk/remembering-our-friend-alessandro-coatti/
12 months ago
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Nuffield Foundation
12 months ago
šŗFantastic to see NELI, the Nuffield Early Language Intervention, feature in this BBC
#Panorama
, Lockdown Kids: Five Years On. NELI is a well-evidenced catch-up programme for four and five-year-olds who need extra support with their speech and language. Watch here:
ow.ly/TZsX50VpLq2
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Panorama - Lockdown Kids: Five Years On
Branwen Jeffreys meets with families and teachers to find out how they are helping some of the youngest children impacted by lockdown to catch up on their education and social development.
https://ow.ly/TZsX50VpLq2
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Dave Finch
12 months ago
Todayās poverty statistics show that in 2023/24 31% of children were in poverty in the UK Reducing this is now harder for govt's child poverty strategy with planned cuts to disability and health-related benefits to leave a further 50,000 children in poverty in 2029/30
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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Households Below Average Income: an analysis of the UK income distribution: FYE 1995 to FYE 2023
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-for-financial-years-ending-1995-to-2023/households-below-average-income-an-analysis-of-the-uk-income-distribution-fye-1995-to-fye-2023#low-income-indicators
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First-Ever Transplant of Pig Liver Into Human Marks Milestone in Organ Science
It's the latest evidence to suggest that animal-to-human transplantation is feasible.
https://gizmodo.com/first-ever-transplant-of-pig-liver-into-human-marks-milestone-in-organ-science-2000580899
12 months ago
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Jonathan Birch
about 1 year ago
An emotional day - I can announce I'll be the first director of The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at the LSE, supported by a £4m grant from the Jeremy Coller Foundation. Our mission: to develop better policies, laws and ways of caring for animals. (1/2)
www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...
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LSE announces new centre to study animal sentience
The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at LSE will develop new approaches to studying the feelings of other animals scientifically.
https://www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-news-from-LSE/2025/c-March/LSE-centre-animal-sentience
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Lara Groves
about 1 year ago
Job alert!! Could you be Ada's new Associate Director in Emerging Tech & Industry Practice, leading a fab team and a highly impactful research programme? It's a pretty amazing gig,
@agstrait.bsky.social
has built something incredible (no pressure). Get in touch if you have Qs!
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Associate Director, Emerging Technology and Industry Practice - Ada Lovelace Institute
The Ada Lovelace Institute (Ada) is a hiring an Associate Director to lead our Emerging Technology & Industry Practice research directorate and collectively set its agenda and workplan in our next...
https://app.beapplied.com/apply/kefx3rvpmg
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Sense about Science
about 1 year ago
The John
#MaddoxPrize
recognises researchers who stand up + speak out for science +evidence-based policy, advancing public discussion around difficult topics, despite challenges or hostility. Know someone who fits that description? Nominate them for the prize today š
tinyurl.com/4ma3n86t
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Hetan Shah
about 1 year ago
Good to see the FT editorial draw attention to this less well known casualty of the US regime - official statistics
on.ft.com/43Tejhn
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The White House war on federal statistics
Economists and scientists worry over disappearing data and advisory groups
https://on.ft.com/43Tejhn
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Jim Waterson
about 1 year ago
This is really interesting! More for the FOI precedent perhaps than what it reveals. I'm amazed to find how many people (mainly not the sort of people who post on Bluesky) are already replacing Google with ChatGPT.
add a skeleton here at some point
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The Health Foundation
about 1 year ago
Responding to news of NHS England's abolition
@hughalderwick.bsky.social
says, while there is logic in bringing the workings of NHS England and the government closer, it will cause disruption and divert energy when attention should be focused on improving care. Our full response ā¬ļø
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Emma Cave
about 1 year ago
A tribute to the wonderful Prof Margot Brazier, pioneer in healthcare law, from Emily Jackson and me, in BioNews
@pet-bionews.bsky.social
www.progress.org.uk/obituary-pro...
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Obituary: Professor Margaret Brazier | PET
Margaret Brazier, known as Margot, was a professor at the University of Manchester's School of Law and a leading figure in modern healthcare law.
https://www.progress.org.uk/obituary-professor-margot-brazier/
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Eric Topol
about 1 year ago
Genome editing success for the first time in nine patients with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, a heritable disease which can cause cirrhosis and emphysema, affecting ~100,000 Americans, which is similar to the prevalence of sickle cell disease
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...
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Mutated DNA Restored to Normal in Gene Therapy Advance
The small study in patients with a rare disorder that causes liver and lung damage showed the potential for precisely targeted infusions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/health/gene-editing-beam-mutation-dna.html
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Pete Mills
about 1 year ago
We've set out our strategic direction and priorities for 2025-30 in a new
@phgfoundation.bsky.social
publication. In a related post I describe where I think efforts to 'make science work for health' have brought us and what PHG's role can be:
www.phgfoundation.org/blog/policy-...
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Policy, governance, ethics: refreshing the PHG Foundation's strategic focus - PHG Foundation
We want to make science work for health but we also want science that works for health. Here's how
https://www.phgfoundation.org/blog/policy-governance-ethics-refreshing-the-phg-foundations-strategic-focus/
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Alan Regenberg
about 1 year ago
Royal Society will meet amid campaign to revoke Elon Muskās fellowship: More than 1,300 scientists have signed a letter calling on the worldās oldest science society to reassess the billionaireās membership following cuts to US science.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Royal Society will meet amid campaign to revoke Elon Muskās fellowship
More than 1,300 scientists have signed a letter calling on the worldās oldest science society to reassess the billionaireās membership following cuts to US science.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00486-5
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Emma Meaburn
about 1 year ago
I am thrilled to share the 'Navigating Genomics and Education' Report, the result of a joint project between the
@nuffieldfoundation.org
and Nuffield Council on Bioethics that Iāve been leading over the past year!
www.nuffieldbioethics.org/news-blog/ne...
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New scoping report identifies scientific and ethical challenges in exploring genetic influences on traits related to education - Nuffield Council on Bioethics
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics and the Nuffield Foundation have published an overview of scientific developments in genomics and education. We urge caution over the use of polygenic indices (PGIs) ...
https://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/news-blog/new-scoping-report-identifies-scientific-and-ethical-challenges-in-exploring-genetic-influences-on-traits-related-to-education/
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