Jovana Grbic @ScriptPhD

PhD biochemist. Science communications expert. Screenwriter. Rink rat 🏒🥅. Eternal optimist. 🌈🇺🇦 SoundCloud.com/ScriptPhD Los Angeles, California USA Joined April 2009

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Eric Topol @EricTopol

5 months ago

Today "a milestone in the evolution of personalized therapies for rare & ultra-rare inborn errors of metabolism" —the 1st human to undergo custom genome editing —outgrowth of decades of NIH funded research nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… @NEJM…

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Matthew Herper @matthewherper

5 months ago

A reporter gets cancer -- and learns the story of how Revlimid, one of the most expensive cancer drugs, became so expensive. By @DavidArmstrongX. Everyone I know in the biotech industry has heard the basic outlines of this story, but seeing David tell it in such personal detail…

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Matthew Herper @matthewherper

8 months ago

Layoffs set for NIH are ‘devastating,’ former director Monica Bertagnolli says statnews.com/2025/02/16/nih…

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STAT @statnews

11 months ago

Here’s a rundown of Trump’s health policy stances and his potential top priorities in a second administration.

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Los Angeles Magazine @LAmag

9 months ago

Love this city. #LAStrong 🎥: Kyle Cordova

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The Associated Press @AP

9 months ago

BREAKING: U.S. regulators ban the dye called Red 3 from the food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk. apnews.com/article/fda-re…

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Julia @yuliamilton

9 months ago

JPL is one of NASA's major science and climate centers—home to the Mars rovers and 1000s of people. Firefighters held back the flames at JPL’s gates, but many of our coworkers lost their homes. Here’s a thread of their public GoFundMes if you can share & support however possible:

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Meg Tirrell @megtirrell

a year ago

GLP-1 pills are making their way through clinical trials. A look at how they might change an already revolutionized field of weight-loss drugs: cnn.com/2024/09/17/hea…

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Bloomberg @business

a year ago

Scientists fear Covid may be responsible for a coming wave of dementia. Here's how having Covid may have harmed your brain. trib.al/x00LkT3

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Bryan Walsh @bryanrwalsh

a year ago

So proud to announce that today @voxdotcom Future Perfect is launching a three-day package on factory farming — and how we can end it. It's led by @mbolotnikova, one of the best reporters and writers on the subject out there (1/x) vox.com/future-perfect….

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Eric Partaker @Eric_Partaker

a year ago

Why great leaders think like a farmer:

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Lisa Jarvis @lisamjarvis

a year ago

Evidence that HPV vaccination can prevent several kinds of cancer--in girls AND boys--just keeps growing. What'll it take to convince more parents to get on board, and at an age when it can help the most? Some thoughts: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

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Eric Topol @EricTopol

a year ago

A systematic review of airplane flights and Covid infections: duration of flight correlated with infection risk, long flights> 6 hours markedly increased risk (25X) and mask use blocked them mdpi.com/1660-4601/21/6… h/t @linseymarr

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Eric Topol @EricTopol

a year ago

Plant-based diets and the reduction of cardiovascular and cancer risk, a review of 49 studies journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… @PLOSONE

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Meg Tirrell @megtirrell

a year ago

A new analysis of the Wegovy cardiovascular outcomes trial suggests “you don’t even need to lose weight to have a reduction in heart attack, strokes and death,” @DanielJDrucker tells us. He suggests GLP-1s may be protective by tamping down inflammation. cnn.com/2024/05/13/hea…

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Brian Cox @ProfBrianCox

a year ago

As you watch the Aurora this evening, it’s worth reflecting that you’re getting a rare direct glimpse of the power of Nature. Those charged particles causing the atmosphere to glow came from a sunspot complex 17 times the diameter of Earth and traveled across 90 million miles at…

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Adam Feuerstein ✡️ @adamfeuerstein

a year ago

Some of my younger colleagues are watching this thing called the Met Gala tonight. Apparently, it's a fancy event that asks celebrities to wear clothes that esemble the logo of pharma companies. Here are some shots from the runway....

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Northwestern Football @NUFBFamily

2 years ago

🏆 2023 LAS VEGAS BOWL CHAMPIONS 🏆

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John Snowden @SnowdenJohn

2 years ago

I just published A Quantifiable Impact of Strength of Schedule on Qualitative #NFL Analysis Or... The #Seahawks are better than you think. link.medium.com/0Cyj4AoVFFb

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Elaine Chen @elaineywchen

2 years ago

NEW: A key female chemist has been edged out of the Ozempic origin story. Svetlana Mojsov's experiences expose a disciplinary bias against chemists in favor of MDs and show how narratives of scientific discovery get passed down. From me and @MeganMolteni statnews.com/2023/09/27/wei…