In Brussels at the EU PFF Patient Summit I heard from patients about the effects of a diagnosis of familial pulmonary fibrosis. Our panel discussion on Innovation in Cell & Gene Therapies offered some hope for the future of treatments. @ipfthurles.bsky.social @ild-ipfdoc.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

Data from the Australian Scleroderma Cohort Study showed men with SSc more likely to have diffuse disease & cumulative digital ischaemia, myositis, & ILD than women, and were more likely to have anti-Scl-70, anti-Jo-1, anti-PM/Scl & anti-RNA-polymerase III antibodies AC&R doi.org/10.1002/acr....

Irish Society of Human Genetics (@ishg.ie) will be holding its annual meeting this year at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in Dublin on September the 4th. Early bird tickets open on June 1st and the abstract submission deadline is June 12th. ishg.ie/conference

"Air pollution acts as a silent accelerator that robs individuals of their healthiest years.” My latest piece for @theguardian.com on research on 396,000 people in the UK. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

In diseases like Sarcoidosis Granulomas are ubiquitous and mysterious, and RIPE to be demystified by spatial omics analysis. Kudos @jonas_schupp for this groundbreaking work. Read paper at academic.oup.com/ajrccm/artic... #CureSarcoidosis

📣Call for Papers! 📣Looking for articles with a focus on interstitial lung disease🫁 Deadline: June 1, 2026 academic.oup.com/ajrccm/pages... Submit here: tinyurl.com/3h7dmm2x @atscommunity.bsky.social

Human Lung Aging lungaging.com 60👤 200k cells 25 cell types Transcriptional Entropy🤠 is superior to gene expression in predicting chronological age in general capillary EC Somatic mutation burdens 3~7 mut/MB vary across cell types Naftali Kaminski lab #NatComm 2026 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cutting the carbon emissions of inhaler use and ‘green’ EDs were among the initiatives discussed at a recent event focused on delivering healthcare more sustainably. @HSELive www.imt.ie/news/green-i...

🚨 New Harvard study warns that weakening air standards is a direct threat to our kids' lungs. 💨 Clean air isn't a luxury—it's a necessity. Let's stand with health experts to protect the air our children breathe. #CleanAir #ClimateHealth #momsky www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

US and Israel’s war on Iran is a disaster for the environment, analysis shows | US-Israel war on Iran | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

For each kilogram burned, the low-smoke fuels produced between two and three times more ultrafine particles than wood or coal. Investigation by @ovadnevaite.bsky.social My latest for @theguardian.com on UFP from smokeless and low-smoke fuels. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

And here's another reason to tackle SUVs www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Bring on right to roam for England.

This is not an accident. This is what happens after decades upon decades of treating our waterways as an open sewage paired with a forever expanding meat and dairy industry. We should all be terrified of this.

After a negative decade - finally a good year for IPF patients - Inhaled Treprostinil associated with a smaller decline in FVC & fewer clinical-worsening events (but also ~30%). Still no improvement - but let’s all hope momentum continues #CurePF4ALL www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

In the last 10 years, we have learned that air pollution is linked to cognitive decline and dementia. But bold policies can improve the air that we breathe. Ajit Niranjan reports on progress on #airpoolution on the Breathe Cities and @c40cities.bsky.social networks.

#CleanAir is a human right but we need to assert that right. Dr Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah speaks about how air pollution can effect your #health and the #environment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnG4... @rcsi.bsky.social @irishthoracicsoc.bsky.social @momscleanairforce.org @mumsforlungs.bsky.social

"Straight from the playbook of tobacco". The Stove Industry Association has been pressuring councils to tone down their public health campaigns, telling them they were exploring options for potential legal action. This stinks even more than the burning they promote. #WoodBurning #AirPollution

Immune-microbiome coordination defines interferon setpoints in healthy humans @cellcellpress.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... @spitzerlab.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social @joelbabdor.bsky.social @pennmedicine.bsky.social

OpenAI announces ChatGPT is now at the level of real scientific reviewers, “It just tells you to do single-cell RNAseq in response to every query” says Sam Altman

Air pollution contributes significantly to lung diseases such as asthma, COPD, and lung fibrosis 🫁. Are we making the matter worse with ‘low smoke’ fuel? @irishthoracicsoc.bsky.social @ilfa-ireland.bsky.social @ild-ipfdoc.bsky.social @europeanrespsoc.bsky.social

The burning of ‘low smoke’ manufactured fuels are potentially more harmful to human health than traditional home-heating methods, new Irish research has found. www.imt.ie/news/low-smo...

New Post! Will Childhood Air Pollution Lead to Adult Brain Disease? Dr. Ray Dorsey Answers at Moms’ Annual Summit on March 4 www.momscleanairforce.org/dr-ray-dorse...

#ChurchOfRockAndRoll #54 Van Morrison wrote & sang the songs on Astral Weeks, and is usually the only name credited with its creation. But the album's producer + musicians played a massive part. The album couldn't have been what it was without them #AstralWeeks #VanMorrison

🔬 Years before working with Neumirna, our Director Prof @dchenshall.bsky.social focused on miR-134, now part of their lead epilepsy programme. Reducing miR-134 can help control seizures and normalize brain cell activity, forming the basis of NMT.001. @researchireland.ie @rcsi.bsky.social

A welcome U-turn Hopefully a sign RFK’s antivaccine faction is being marginalised FDA political appointee Prasad had first overruled FDA scientists. Then POTUS reported to have pressured FDA Commissioner Makary. Next, FDA agreed to review the application www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

GWAS and multiomic analyses uncovers rheumatoid arthritis endotypes doi.org/10.1002/art.... High IFN-I expression linked to lung disease and drug-assoc immune reactions in Still's disease doi.org/10.1002/art....

Breathe: By utilising digital adherence technologies and data-driven insights we can make progress towards achieving the goals of TB elimination and ensuring care for people with TB in resource-limited settings: https://publications.ersnet.org/content/breathe/22/1/250173

📆 One month to go! With onsite spaces selling fast, register soon to avoid missing out on the 24th ERS Lung Science Conference – from 19–22 March in Estoril, Portugal (and online). Book your place: https://channel.ersnet.org/hp-126-1-registration

Nature- X’s feed algorithm increases engagement but also swings users attitudes to the right. What effects could it also have on engagement with science and policy? @kaminskimed.bsky.social @drpujamehta1.bsky.social @profmarciniak.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The next time you hear some politician blaming pearl mussels or the Habitats Directive for flooding disasters, might be a good time to point this out to to them.

Science isn't a suggestion—it's how we keep our kids safe. 🩺 The move to ignore the health risks of carbon pollution is a major step back, but we aren't backing down. The legal fight to protect our air begins now! ✊🌬️ #ClimateAction #MomLife #ScienceMatters www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Proud to say Ireland 🇮🇪 is doing well at position 11 but could do better and make the top 10. #CleanAir @irishthoracicsoc.bsky.social @irishlungcheck.bsky.social

I feel that is still more wishful thinking than a reality, Bluesky is not even close to Science Twitter in the heydays of 2015-2021 & there’s still way more science action on evil Twitter than on benevolent Sky. But I’m willing to keep trying. And it keeps improving (drafts are a great addition)

Excellent initiative in England. Let’s see this happen in the Republic of Ireland 🇮🇪 too. #CleanAir @roinnslainte.bsky.social @rcsi.bsky.social @jennydickens41.bsky.social @fjobrien.bsky.social

Vaping in cars carrying children to be banned in England Rising evidence that secondhand vapour from e-cigarettes poses health risks, government says www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

“You can rescind a finding, but you can’t rescind the truth.” And like that, civil rights leader Dr. Benjamin Chavis gets to the heart of why the Endangerment Finding won’t stand. @risestjames.bsky.social

#Women&GirlsinScienceDay Academic & particle physicist Anne Kernan was a huge advocate for women in science, on one occasion funding a trip to CERN for an undergrad she had never met, meeting her at the airport and paying for her accommodation until funding came through. www.dib.ie/biography/ke...

Rephrasing question to revive #CurePF4All convo here: Do megakaryocytes contribute to Pulmonary Fibrosis? What think you @ipfdoc.bsky.social @drpujamehta1.bsky.social @knipelab.bsky.social @elizabethredente.bsky.social @ild-ipfdoc.bsky.social @kerrijohannson.bsky.social @drdayjee.bsky.social ?

What can be done about this? Slurry spreaders out today in waterlogged fields beside the Boyne River - total madness and against regulations. Water quality is deteriorating and there is little enforcement. @whittledaway.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social

This is a problem. Internet searches have been a cause for concern (and occasionally help) for a while now. A lot of background knowledge is needed to make sense of the suggestions thrown up by searches, but the AI summaries simply aren’t reliable. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Interesting article about how car design and diesel affects how much air pollution we breathe. It’s time to improve air quality on our streets for our own health and our children’s future health. #cleanair @rcsi.bsky.social @irishthoracicsoc.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

New: Phosphodiesterase 4B inhibitor Nerandomilast first of its kind to be approved for progressive pulmonary fibrosis www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Last summer I announced that, after 13 years, I will step down as Chief of #YalePCCSM in June 2026. And now the search for the #NextChief is on!!! Read more about our section at medicine.yale.edu/news-article...

People with #rheumatoid arthiris and #scleroderma who have lung fibrosis can safely and effectively monitor their breathing and oxygen levels at home. Read our paper in @bmc.springernature.com describing how patients face and overcome challenges. @irishthoracicsoc.bsky.social rdcu.be/eQV9e

I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it. All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference. Tanks

EMBL scientists have created a more sensitive single-cell sequencing tool for genomic variants and RNA in the same single cell. Known as SDR-seq, the tool has unprecedented scale, precision, and speed to characterise variants and link them to functions and disease. www.embl.org/news/science...

Delighted that Ziqi Dong's PhD paper is out for all to read! Hypoxia is fundamental to normal development, and fascinating! Thanks to all of our co-authors including @jamesnathanlab.bsky.social @jellevda.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Fascinating work on the regulation of telomere length - molecular clocks we all have in our cells controlling aging and disease. Emerging evidence of their role pulmonary fibrosis. #CureIPF #Telomeres @elife.bsky.social @rcsi.bsky.social @kaminskimed.bsky.social

Great work by Dr Aoife Carolan from our group at @rcsi.bsky.social RCSI showing data from our familial pulmonary fibrosis clinic. - 1 in 5 patients have a family memeber with lung fibrosis. - 1 in 5 of these patients have a single suspected gene. #CureIPF @europeanrespsoc.bsky.social