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Rigorous Trials, Not Hype, Prove Cancer Drug Value
SocialApr 13, 2026

Rigorous Trials, Not Hype, Prove Cancer Drug Value

Today's $RVMD study outcome in pancreatic cancer is a good lesson for all the $IBRX @DrPatrick fans. Stop with all the hand-waving "cancer cure" podcasting social media nonsense. Shut up and run well-designed clinical trials with definitive endpoints. If you have...

By Adam Feuerstein
Nanodiscs Reveal Antibody Interactions for HIV, Ebola Vaccines
SocialApr 13, 2026

Nanodiscs Reveal Antibody Interactions for HIV, Ebola Vaccines

Nanodisc technology enables viral surface proteins from HIV and Ebola to be studied within lifelike membrane environments, offering new insights into antibody interactions and accelerating the development of next-generation vaccines. vaccinedesign

By Phys.org Threads
Peptides Are Potent Therapeutics, yet only a Few Qualify.
SocialApr 13, 2026

Peptides Are Potent Therapeutics, yet only a Few Qualify.

“The big picture is that peptides are a legitimate, powerful class of therapeutics, but the legitimacy is confined to a relatively narrow subset of them.” —Peter Attia 👨🏻‍⚕️

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Integrate scRNA‑seq PBMCs only After Evaluating Batch Effects
SocialApr 13, 2026

Integrate scRNA‑seq PBMCs only After Evaluating Batch Effects

🧵 Should you integrate single-cell RNA-seq datasets or not? You've got PBMCs from multiple donors. Merge them—or keep them separate? Let's break it down.

By Ming Tang
Pancreatic Cancer Trials Yield Only 1‑2 Month Gains
SocialApr 13, 2026

Pancreatic Cancer Trials Yield Only 1‑2 Month Gains

I remember years ago in pancreatic cancer trials you were realistically looking for 1 to 2 months improvement in survival (at best) in pancreatic cancer trials. Bravo $RVMD.👏

By Brad Loncar
Second‑line RVMD Improves Pancreatic Cancer Survival over First
SocialApr 13, 2026

Second‑line RVMD Improves Pancreatic Cancer Survival over First

As noted by others, the $RVMD dara mOS in 2nd line PDAC is better than mOS for current first-line regimens.

By Adam Feuerstein
Low‑Cost Vaccine Creator Outshines Rogan’s Diet Critique
SocialApr 13, 2026

Low‑Cost Vaccine Creator Outshines Rogan’s Diet Critique

I make low cost vaccines for global health, including a Covid vaccine technology for $2-3 per dose reached 100 million people, bypassed big pharma, didn’t make money, and all these Rogan types can talk about is a joke I made...

By Peter Hotez
One Gene Therapy Platform Could Cure Obesity and More
SocialApr 13, 2026

One Gene Therapy Platform Could Cure Obesity and More

Eric Kelsic makes the compelling case on using gene therapy technology to eventually treat common diseases, like obesity: “Fundamentally, we all share the same genetics." Because our bodies run on the same genetic blueprint, a disease - whether common or rare -...

By John Cumbers
Daraxonrasib Halves Pancreatic Cancer Mortality, Doubles Survival
SocialApr 13, 2026

Daraxonrasib Halves Pancreatic Cancer Mortality, Doubles Survival

Finally, best news of the morning (and something you didn't expect so soon)... Revolution Medicines $RVMD daraxonrasib Ph3 results in second-line pancreatic cancer. Median overall survival in ITT patients (KRAS mutants + wild type combined) Dara 13.2 months vs chemo 6.7...

By Adam Feuerstein
Allogeneic CAR‑T Achieves 42% MRD Boost, Safe Profile
SocialApr 13, 2026

Allogeneic CAR‑T Achieves 42% MRD Boost, Safe Profile

Allogene $ALLO cema-cel interim ALPHA3 results just reported: B-cell lymphoma MRD negativity: cema-cel 58% vs observation 16% A 42% absolute difference in MRD clearance is better than expected. Clean safety profile, too. Allogeneic CAR-T may have found its role. Nice...

By Adam Feuerstein
NVS Sells Darovasertib for $6M in Cash, Stock
SocialApr 13, 2026

NVS Sells Darovasertib for $6M in Cash, Stock

Let's remember again that $NVS dumped off darovasertib for $2.5m in cash + $3.5m in $IDYA series B preferred stock.

By Jacob Plieth
Spyre's SPY001 Achieves 40% Remission in UC Trial
SocialApr 13, 2026

Spyre's SPY001 Achieves 40% Remission in UC Trial

Spyre $SYRE just reported SPY001 (long-acting alpha4beta7 antibody) ulcerative colitis induction data. Here's the efficacy chart, notable for a 40% clinical remission rate at week 12, albeit with small number of patients. https://t.co/aEoLWPRjEL

By Adam Feuerstein
LUT014 Shows Promise for RASi‑Induced Skin Rash
SocialApr 13, 2026

LUT014 Shows Promise for RASi‑Induced Skin Rash

*Disclaimer : the company developing LUT014 is a Pontifax portfolio company.* Mechanistically LUT014 should be effective in RASi induced-rash as it was designed to activate RAS signaling in the skin so using it topically could de-couple RAS inhibition in the tumor...

By Ohad Hammer
High‑dose GLP‑1s Raise Optic Nerve Risk; Titrate Carefully
SocialApr 13, 2026

High‑dose GLP‑1s Raise Optic Nerve Risk; Titrate Carefully

Patients are not asking if GLP-1s are right for them. They are asking how much you charge for tirzepatide. Shiv K. Goel breaks down what physicians need to know about oral Wegovy. Pharmacovigilance data: Wegovy carries nearly five times higher...

By Kevin Pho, MD
ALLO's Alpha-3 DLBCL Data Set to Spark Pre‑Market Move
SocialApr 13, 2026

ALLO's Alpha-3 DLBCL Data Set to Spark Pre‑Market Move

Key $ALLO catalyst coming pre market today, with first data from cema-cel's Alpha-3 study in DLBCL consolidation. What to look for: https://t.co/a19BVEppqP

By Jacob Plieth
Darovasertib Shows Promise in Optimum-02 Uveal Melanoma Trial
SocialApr 13, 2026

Darovasertib Shows Promise in Optimum-02 Uveal Melanoma Trial

$IDYA darovasertib data from registrational Optimum-02 trial in uveal melanoma are out. What to look for: https://t.co/1LQa0X6xJa

By Jacob Plieth
Repairing Aging Blood‑Brain Barrier to Halt CNS Disease
SocialApr 13, 2026

Repairing Aging Blood‑Brain Barrier to Halt CNS Disease

Aging of the Blood-Brain Barrier and Altered Permeability to Peripheral Immune Cells: Implications for Central Nervous System Disorders "We discuss interventions focused on barrier repair and immune recalibration, including the reinforcement of tight junctions, restoration of pericyte homeostasis, and modulation of...

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Discrepancy in Mouse Counts Raises Partial Reprogramming Concerns
SocialApr 13, 2026

Discrepancy in Mouse Counts Raises Partial Reprogramming Concerns

okay, tell me why you think browder et al had 21 mice in -dox and only 15 mice in the +dox group when they did partial reprogramming? https://t.co/gedJiKSRKo 6 more mice in the dox group got tummy aches and asked out of...

By Charles Brenner, PhD
Rapid Lab Automation Needed to Scale Bio Testing
SocialApr 13, 2026

Rapid Lab Automation Needed to Scale Bio Testing

Interesting take on lab automation and serial scale vs parallel scale for data generation. Innovation in how we can rapidly Test more and more in the lab is badly needed as Design, Build and Learn capabilities in bio have exploded...

By Tom Ellis
OSK Reprogramming Triggers Tumors, Undermining Mouse Study Confidence
SocialApr 13, 2026

OSK Reprogramming Triggers Tumors, Undermining Mouse Study Confidence

OSK reprogramming also produces tumors see https://t.co/dNhcHVSBf3 cancer is a selective process clones grow out because they have a proliferative advantage or apoptotic disadvantage when mouse papers say no cancer despite the fact that half of lab mice die from cancer, i don't feel...

By Charles Brenner, PhD
AI Powers Cancer Cures While Robots Learn Chores
SocialApr 12, 2026

AI Powers Cancer Cures While Robots Learn Chores

AI is designing molecules that boost chemotherapy effectiveness by 70%, and humanoid robots are learning tasks by watching gig workers record themselves doing chores... we're literally teaching machines to cure cancer AND do our laundry.

By Peter H. Diamandis
Targeted mRNA Nanoparticles Halt Lung Tumors and Cachexia
SocialApr 12, 2026

Targeted mRNA Nanoparticles Halt Lung Tumors and Cachexia

Follistatin mRNA delivered via targeted lipid nanoparticles enables a dual therapeutic effect by simultaneously suppressing lung tumor growth and preventing cancer-associated muscle wasting (cachexia). https://t.co/56fCFZU0vk

By Liz Parrish
Try My Pre‑Alpha TUI Plasmid Editor via Pip
SocialApr 12, 2026

Try My Pre‑Alpha TUI Plasmid Editor via Pip

If any1 wants to try my very unpolished and unfinished TUI plasmid editor in its very pre-alpha form, I reserved a slot on the ol pip bandwagon. Just type in: pip install splicecraft and I recommend runnin this often to update: pip install...

By Sebastian Cocioba
Aging Opens Chromatin, Altering Cell Behavior
SocialApr 12, 2026

Aging Opens Chromatin, Altering Cell Behavior

The researchers then looked into the changes in the old cells that might explain such pronounced differences in behavior compared with the young cells. Liao Says "It seems as though chromatin opens up with age, so to speak." https://t.co/1kdRDunTea

By Liz Parrish
IPSC Therapies Succeed; In‑vivo Reprogramming Remains Hype
SocialApr 12, 2026

IPSC Therapies Succeed; In‑vivo Reprogramming Remains Hype

your regular reminder that Yamanaka factor-driven production of iPSCs is already producing real medicine (eg dopaminergic neural progenitor for Parkinson's, cardiomyocyte sheets for heart failure & more) iPSC tech is not done in vivo... ppl isolate the well behaved cells away...

By Charles Brenner, PhD
Daily Evoked Gamma Therapy Shows Safety and Cognitive Benefit
SocialApr 12, 2026

Daily Evoked Gamma Therapy Shows Safety and Cognitive Benefit

Safety, tolerability, and efficacy estimate of evoked gamma oscillation in mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease 👉 “Our results demonstrate that 1-h daily treatment with [CogTx-001] was safe and well-tolerated and demonstrated potential clinical benefits in mild to moderate AD.” 🔘 Participants underwent...

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
24/7 Green Lab Services Available for $49‑$150
SocialApr 12, 2026

24/7 Green Lab Services Available for $49‑$150

Great list of services from @americanwetware to ultimately have available 24/7. We have most of the green ones already in place w/ protocols in Ginkgo Cloud Lab for $49-$150, still need to add solubility measurement but can do that...

By Jason Kelly
AbbVie’s Mirvetuximab Shows
SocialApr 12, 2026

AbbVie’s Mirvetuximab Shows

AbbVie combo mirvetuximab posts 62.7% ORR; median DOR 11.2m. Efficacy boosts pipeline vs rich valuation and R&D hit. Trading insight: buy on pullback ahead of catalysts. 📈 — Viktor Kopylov, PhD, CFA More insights: t.me/si14Kopylov

By Viktor Kopylov, PhD, CFA
AI Automation Will Multiply Scientist Jobs, Overcoming Lab Barriers
SocialApr 12, 2026

AI Automation Will Multiply Scientist Jobs, Overcoming Lab Barriers

Couldn’t agree more. AI + automation = way more scientist jobs. Whole industry is massively held back by the cost and barriers to lab work. It’s like computing in the 1950s right now - back when we...

By Jason Kelly
A Decade of DNA Innovation Powers AI‑Biology Convergence
SocialApr 12, 2026

A Decade of DNA Innovation Powers AI‑Biology Convergence

Ten years ago, Emily Leproust had an idea to rewrite how DNA gets made. Most people thought it wouldn't work. Today, Twist Bioscience is the infrastructure layer for biotech and pharma worldwide. At SynBioBeta 2026, she's on the main stage with John...

By John Cumbers
Rare Diseases Need Molecular Surgery, Not Drug Barriers
SocialApr 12, 2026

Rare Diseases Need Molecular Surgery, Not Drug Barriers

The turning point for rare diseases, which affect >300 million people around the world. A call to get rid of its many structural obstacles, to consider it as molecular surgery unlike drug treatments gift link: https://t.co/DQ0OZ9tXXc https://t.co/RELCwTr88i

By Eric Topol
New TUI Plasmid Viewer Adds Golden Braid Automation
SocialApr 12, 2026

New TUI Plasmid Viewer Adds Golden Braid Automation

Cranking out some heavy updates to my TUI plasmid viewer. Golden Braid part domesticator and MoClo assembly automation. All the tools I ever dreamed of are coming to fruition. Really thankful for Claude Code. Follow along here; rapidly changin development https://t.co/3mkWtVqa1T...

By Sebastian Cocioba
One Blood Test Detects Multiple Cancers and Diseases
SocialApr 12, 2026

One Blood Test Detects Multiple Cancers and Diseases

Detecting multiple cancers and other diseases from a single blood sample https://t.co/6gjjYY50dm via @medical_xpress #cancer #research

By Beth Frates, MD
Aging Shares Disease Hallmarks, May Be Treatable
SocialApr 12, 2026

Aging Shares Disease Hallmarks, May Be Treatable

Is aging a disease? These authors reflect: “Disease is commonly defined as an abnormality of bodily structure or function, distinct from direct physical injury (Bulterijs et al., 2015). Whether ageing itself constitutes a disease has long been debated in the fields of...

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Therapeutic Phlebotomy Restores Bone Marrow, Reverses Aging
SocialApr 12, 2026

Therapeutic Phlebotomy Restores Bone Marrow, Reverses Aging

Periodic Therapeutic Phlebotomy Mitigates Systemic Aging Phenotypes by Promoting Bone Marrow Function “our work provides preliminary evidence suggesting that periodic therapeutic phlebotomy exerts anti-aging effects by restoring bone marrow function and mitigating aging phenotypes, subsequently driving peripheral blood functional restoration.” 👉 “...

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Safe Cell Reprogramming Restores Identity, Nature Reports
SocialApr 12, 2026

Safe Cell Reprogramming Restores Identity, Nature Reports

You're confused. Let me explain: My student @Y_Ryan_Lu worked for years to find a SAFE way to reprogram cells so they'd only RE-GAIN identity, not LOSE it, as Prof Yamanaka showed We tried innumerable combos to find the solution Story is @Nature...

By David Sinclair, PhD
High‑dose Dexamethasone Improves Outcomes in Newly Diagnosed Myeloma
SocialApr 12, 2026

High‑dose Dexamethasone Improves Outcomes in Newly Diagnosed Myeloma

Lenalidomide + high-dose dexamethasone (RD) vs lenalidomide + low-dose dexamethasone (Rd) as initial therapy for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: an open-label RCT [10/22/2009] @VincentRK et al. @TheLancetOncol https://t.co/hXxlFINejC #NCT00098475 #EAonc E4A03 #mmsm #caxtx #ctsm https://t.co/GnehXu71Td

By Mike Thompson, MD PhD
NMN Reverses Ovarian Aging in Mice, Human Trials Needed
SocialApr 12, 2026

NMN Reverses Ovarian Aging in Mice, Human Trials Needed

DATA REPRODUCED: In old female mice, NMN restores ovarian follicle reserve in 10 days. Optimal dose was 200-500 mg/kg body weight/day. Equivalent to 35-45 in woman years. Clinical trials are needed 🐭🧓 https://t.co/oVeGUZSaQ0

By David Sinclair, PhD
P&G Brings Biotech Ingredients to Mass‑market Consumer Products
SocialApr 11, 2026

P&G Brings Biotech Ingredients to Mass‑market Consumer Products

P&G doesn't move on new ingredients unless the science is bulletproof and the consumer performance is there. They're moving on biotech. Three R&D leaders from Procter & Gamble are at SynBioBeta 2026 to talk about how bio-derived ingredients are making it into...

By John Cumbers
Seeking Experiences with GTWY Peptide From Β‑Lactolin
SocialApr 11, 2026

Seeking Experiences with GTWY Peptide From Β‑Lactolin

New smart drug peptide alert… (Possibly): who has experience with GTWY peptide isolated from β-lactolin? Research here: https://t.co/Sg7twStXvr

By Ben Greenfield
Combating Rising Anti‑Vaccine Activism Through Science Advocacy
SocialApr 11, 2026

Combating Rising Anti‑Vaccine Activism Through Science Advocacy

Many thanks ⁦@uiowa⁩ for hosting my lectures this week, on our vaccine development program and the dangers of accelerating antivaccine activism in America, also the history of American anti-science movements and latest book #ScienceUnderSiege with @MichaelEMann @PeterHotez https://t.co/3r0XH08iMu

By Peter Hotez
Light‑Powered Nanorobots Capture and Relocate Bacteria Precisely
SocialApr 11, 2026

Light‑Powered Nanorobots Capture and Relocate Bacteria Precisely

Light-driven nanorobots, smaller than a micron, can now hunt, capture, and relocate bacteria with precision, offering new possibilities for targeted manipulation in microbiology and biomedical research. nanotechnology

By Phys.org Threads
Weekly Biotech Roundup: Top Insights From X's Best Accounts
SocialApr 11, 2026

Weekly Biotech Roundup: Top Insights From X's Best Accounts

Here is my favourite weekly 🧵- made by my dear friend @BiopharmIQ. This post is a comprehensive recap of the past week in BioTech and gathers the best related posts written by some of the smartest & brightest 𝕏 Bio...

By Yair Einhorn
AI‑Designed Enzymes Break Evolution’s Limits for Biomanufacturing
SocialApr 11, 2026

AI‑Designed Enzymes Break Evolution’s Limits for Biomanufacturing

Nature never designed enzymes for industrial manufacturing. It designed them to survive. That mismatch is one of the biggest bottlenecks in biomanufacturing — and most of the industry has been working around it with incremental fixes for decades. Matthew Thompson from Biomatter...

By John Cumbers
Poor Drug Selection Hampers Stroke Treatment Breakthroughs
SocialApr 11, 2026

Poor Drug Selection Hampers Stroke Treatment Breakthroughs

1,026 experimental treatments in acute stroke (2006) "The results question whether the most efficacious drugs are being selected for stroke clinical trials. This may partially explain the slow progress in developing treatments..." https://t.co/WllAIz3Xul

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Epigenetic Clock Detects Aging and Cancer via Blood Test
SocialApr 11, 2026

Epigenetic Clock Detects Aging and Cancer via Blood Test

This is the future: An epigenetic clock for the simultaneous assessment of biological aging and cancer from a simple, cheap blood test 👏 https://t.co/uzGoZWos9C

By David Sinclair, PhD
Spatial Biology, Single‑cell Profiling, and AI Map T‑cell Immunity
SocialApr 11, 2026

Spatial Biology, Single‑cell Profiling, and AI Map T‑cell Immunity

Towards Spatial Medicine for individualized cancer immunotherapy @SciImmunology "The convergence of spatial biology platforms, single-cell immune profiling, and machine learning is positioning the community to decode how T cell immunity is spatially organized in human tissues and to exploit that organization...

By Eric Topol
Progerin Bridges Premature and Natural Aging, Biomarker Potential
SocialApr 11, 2026

Progerin Bridges Premature and Natural Aging, Biomarker Potential

Progerin expression in humans: implications for natural ageing "These insights may collectively position progerin as a mechanistic link between premature ageing and physiological ageing, positioning it as a potential component of biomarker strategies." https://t.co/KZuV0c7TOK

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Cell‑free DNA Manufacturing Eliminates Cloning Bottlenecks
SocialApr 11, 2026

Cell‑free DNA Manufacturing Eliminates Cloning Bottlenecks

Your DNA synthesis workflow is probably slowing you down more than you think. Cloning introduces delays, contamination risk, and hard limits on what you can build. Most of the field is still living with these constraints — even as mRNA therapeutics,...

By John Cumbers