Scientists have converted the blood type of a donor kidney and transplanted the organ into a person. The procedure — the first of its kind — could improve access to donor organs, specialists say, because the blood type of the donor would no longer matter. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Nitazenes can be as much as 500 times more potent than opium-derived drugs. This means that just a tiny amount can be deadly. There were 179 confirmed deaths from nitazene overdoses in the UK since May 2024. Ireland too has seen several nitazene overdose deaths. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Four subtle tweaks to an enzyme could help explain why naked mole rats’ can live for nearly 30 years, an unusually long lifespan for a creature its size. The enzyme, cGAS, enhances the animal’s ability to repair genetic damage that leads to ageing. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

In science this is known as ‘crap in, crap out’.. Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are worse at retrieving accurate information and reasoning when trained on large amounts of low-quality content, particularly if the content is popular on social media. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

By studying the process through which a soil bacterium naturally produces a well-known drug, scientists have discovered a powerful antibiotic that could help to fight drug-resistant infections. 🦠🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, San Francisco, are developing personalized gene-editing therapies. These correct mutations causing severe life-threatening illnesses. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How/why are Americans, of all political affiliations, are ok with this? Genuine question, I truly don’t understand. 🧪

In Ireland, insulin is free of charge with a prescription for individuals registered for the Long-Term Illness (LTI) Scheme, which covers most people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. 🧪

At the start of Trump’s first term in office he tore up the pandemic preparedness plan by the Obama administration. Now his administration is burning the US pandemic preparedness infrastructure to the ground. When, not if, the next pandemic comes the US will not able to protect public health.. 🧪

Four subtle tweaks to an enzyme could help explain why naked mole rats’ can live for nearly 30 years, an unusually long lifespan for a creature its size. The enzyme, cGAS, enhances the animal’s ability to repair genetic damage that leads to ageing. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Nitazenes can be as much as 500 times more potent than opium-derived drugs. This means that just a tiny amount can be deadly. There were 179 confirmed deaths from nitazene overdoses in the UK since May 2024. Ireland too has seen several nitazene overdose deaths. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today. The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly. We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials “Disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists, the entire Washington office and the staff of a weekly public health journal were among those who learned late Friday that they would lose their jobs. #GiftLink www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

I like how they gave the Nobel Prize to someone fighting for democracy in Venezuela, instead of someone sinking fishing boats off their coast.

I don’t tango but love gaming.. both are good for the brain 😊 Engaging in a creative pastime can slow brain ageing, according to a study of dancers, musicians, artists and video game players from multiple countries. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Scientists have converted the blood type of a donor kidney and transplanted the organ into a person. The procedure — the first of its kind — could improve access to donor organs, specialists say, because the blood type of the donor would no longer matter. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Horizon Europe has launched a €253M AMR partnership to accelerate innovation and move potential therapies closer to market. The first funding call, focused on treatments, will open in November following a pre-announcement in mid-October. sciencebusiness.net/news/r-d-fun...

Whole genome sequencing to be admitted as evidence in US criminal trials.. “Cold-case units all over the country are going back through their evidence lockers to see if there are samples that can now be tested with a reasonable chance of success.” 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A new paper appearing in Cell Stem Cell describes organoids that can replicate some of the functions of kidneys in mice. The lead investigator of the study predicts that there could be a transplantable kidney available for animal testing within 5 years.🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

Just got my Covid-19 and influenza vaccines 😊 As recommended by the Irish government.. we do like evidence based medicine here… 🧪🦠

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

Mirror life consists of synthetic cells built from molecules that are mirror images of those found in the natural world. Many scientists have voiced concerns that they would pose an enormous risk to human health and the environment. 🧪🦠 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Material deep inside Earth, near the planet’s core, has undergone a mysterious shift The discovery, possible because the geological shift altered the planet’s gravitational field, is a testament to Earth-orbiting GRACE satellites. Planetary science rocks! 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Outbreaks of dengue are killing thousands in South America each year and is getting worse. Brazil hopes to turn the tide with a vaccine and an army of mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria. These lower the odds mosquitoes can transmit the virus to humans. 🧪🦠 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What do mosquitoes like? People who recently drank beer were 44 percent more attractive to mosquitoes than people who abstained.. Mosquitoes also liked people who used cannabis and people who had slept near another person the previous night… 🧪 www.sciencenews.org/article/avoi...

US infants, children and teens are almost twice as likely to die before reaching adulthood compared to those in peer countries. Gun violence has been the leading cause of death for US children. Firearm death rates among US kids have more than doubled since 2013. 🧪 stateline.org/2025/08/28/a...

Best wishes to @wimgmeijer.bsky.social, @eu-wish.bsky.social and everyone else involved in hosting this genuinely important event. Waste water surveillance is an efficient, scalable surveillance method useful for a wide range of important targets.

Here we are in #Dublin at @ucddublin.bsky.social for the @eu-wish.bsky.social meeting this week representing @arcus-usc.bsky.social and @usc.gal

Choosing the right approach isn’t easy: rely on clinical cases only, or complement with wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) data? That’s why EU-WISH brings experts together, to strengthen wastewater surveillance for better public health decisions. #episky #IDsky 🧪

Researchers implanted CRISPR-edited pancreas cells into a person with type-1 diabetes. The cells produced insulin for months There was no need for immune-dampening drugs, due to gene edits that allowed the cells to evade detection by the recipient’s immune system. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Meanwhile in the EU: ECDC is a public health agency of the EU protecting over 500 million people from infectious diseases It assesses risks posed by over 50 infectious diseases and provides guidance to prevent and respond to outbreaks and public health threats 🧪🦠 www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/about-ecdc

Except he didn't use "AI"...he used math, computer science, and surveillance data. Very cool by the way, but it's beyond ridiculous how everything useful is suddenly AI. No wonder the average person is so bewildered. Even a author from CIT can't convey this honestly. phys.org/news/2025-04...

The CRISPR horses join a menagerie of gene-edited animals that have wide-ranging applications — mostly with the goal of improving agriculture. These include resistance to disease, adaptation to higher temperatures and increased meat and milk production.. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Researchers implanted CRISPR-edited pancreas cells into a person with type-1 diabetes. The cells produced insulin for months There was no need for immune-dampening drugs, due to gene edits that allowed the cells to evade detection by the recipient’s immune system. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How long before Americans will need to go to Europe/Asia to get life saving vaccines/treatment? Thoughts, prayers and assorted snake oil remedies (wellness) don’t avert/cure infectious diseases or cancer… Check out public health policies in the Middle Ages if you’re unsure about this.. 🧪

Apparently we’re now making rabies great again. Having lived for a decade where contracting rabies was an actual daily concern, I can tell you it’s a terrifying disease from which, once symptomatic, there is no cure. Seeing lots of screenshots, so tracked down the actual story link:

US infants, children and teens are almost twice as likely to die before reaching adulthood compared to those in peer countries. Gun violence has been the leading cause of death for US children. Firearm death rates among US kids have more than doubled since 2013. 🧪 stateline.org/2025/08/28/a...

Life expectancy in the US is 4.1 years shorter than in comparable countries. This certainly won’t improve with RFK in charge of public health. 🧪

A lung from a genetically modified pig has been transplanted into a person for the first time. The latest procedure suggests that almost any pig organ could be transplanted into people.. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Long-term exposure to extreme heat events accelerates the body’s ageing process and increases vulnerabilities to heath issues.. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I wonder, do Americans realise that the entire world is watching what’s going on in the US? As it descends into autocratic rule, use active duty military against its own citizens and erects concentration camps? The damage to US stature in the world is staggering. Leader of the free world no more.

Europe’s culinary heritage is rich, diverse, and worth protecting. With 3,500+ geographical indications registered, we’re safeguarding the traditions, skills, and people behind them. So, they’re never lost to imitation. Behind every label is a legacy. Time to discover them ↓ europa.eu/!DByXmJ

A very interesting declassified NSA document on communicating with alien civilisations.. 🧪 www.nsa.gov/portals/75/d...

Hurricane? Just ignore it, according to Trump science, if you can’t see it it isn’t there. Works for pandemics.. 👍 In the off chance it is there, then use a sharpie on a map to redirect its course. Who needs meteorologists when it’s that easy! And if that doesn’t work blame Biden! Simple 😂 🧪

Scientists’ investigation revealed unique bacteria found in hot springs may be a source of new & important antibiotics www.science.org/content/arti...

My all time favourite comic album 🥰 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterix

T7-ORACLE enables hypermutation and accelerated evolution of biomacromolecules. Mutations are introduced into target genes at a rate 100,000 times higher than normal It is designed to be broadly applicable to many protein targets and biological challenges. 🦠🧪 www.news-medical.net/news/2025080...

Scientists have redesigned the genetic code of E coli to contain just 57 of the 64 codons. Over 100,000 changes were made to E coli’s DNA, which was built from scratch The freed up codons can be used to incorporate amino acids that don’t occur naturally 🧪🦠 www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...

The Trump decision making process: Will it damage the environment?YES Will it endanger public health? YES Will it speed up climate change?YES Will it increase inflation? YES Will it erode civil liberties?YES Will it alienate all allies?YES Will it destroy democracyYES A golden ballroom 🤪 OH YES 🧪