Pandemics Kill More Than Wars—Vaccines Are National Security
When I tell people that pandemic/epidemic preparedness & vaccination are critical to national security, people often say “huh”? The 1918 pandemic killed more people than WWI. In WWII flu tore up troops in Europe, so we invented flu vaccines before the Nazis & liberated Europe.
FGF21 Shows Dual Action: Reduces Drinking, Shields Liver
The study validated FGF21-a liver-derived hormone currently in clinical trials for fatty liver disease “as a dual-action therapeutic that both curbs harmful drinking behaviors and protects against alcohol-related liver injury https://t.co/VdPZvQQ9qp
Houston Friday Night: Comedy, Immunization Partnership Celebrate Vaccines
Friday night in HoustonTX I will be there along with The Immunization Partnership and COMEDY INJECTION, VACCINES: 9th Wonder of the World https://t.co/GPSrrB3poV https://t.co/THhFN31ebn
Tau Seeds Trigger Widespread Neurofibrillary Tangles via Connectivity
Tau seeds induce neurofibrillary tangle formation across brain regions via individual-specific connectivity • Tau seeds induce neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) locally and across distal brain regions https://t.co/wcD6GdHHYF https://t.co/3pHuh7cdTi
Soyuz Tower Demolished, Repurposed for Maia Rocket
There are reports about the demolition of the service tower at the Soyuz launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana. It looks like this supposed video was badly squeezed horizontally. In 2024, the mothballed facility was re-assigned for the European Maia...
New Visuals Reveal URM-2 and URM-1 Adapters for Angara‑5
Rollout visuals released after today's Angara-1.2 launch, showed the URM-2 booster (bottom left) and an adapter for the core version of the URM-1 (bottom right) all required for the assembly of the Angara-5 variant: https://t.co/yFPl9kzmTN https://t.co/bTcyhQqEUF
Columbia Engineers Create Self‑Repairing, Self‑Upgrading Robots
Self-Repairing, Self-Upgrading #Robots Developed at Columbia #Engineering by @tweetciiiim #AI #Robotics #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #ML https://t.co/3U07MjpYDv
Meta-Analysis Flawed by Mixing Disparate Anti‑amyloid Agents
A harsh critique of the recent @cochranecollab meta-analysis of the anti-amyloid drugs for Alzheimer's disease https://t.co/EU4JMOVWkV 'These results and their overarching conclusion that “successful removal of amyloid from the brain does not seem to be associated with clinically meaningful effects in...
Scientists Convert pMMR Tumors to Immunotherapy‑Sensitive dMMR
For anyone else fried with #AACR26 abstracts, we can now look at them from a different lens...
Synthetic Aperture Radar: Space Radar Reveals Hidden Earth Changes
The same satellite tech can track a convoy through dense cloud cover at night, flag a sinkhole weeks before it opens, catch a village built on a collapsing slope, and even map the inside of a pyramid from orbit. It's called...
Agrivoltaics Preserve and Boost Forage Quality, Study Shows
Agrivoltaics maintain or enhanche forage quality, study finds #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/fcVejDzobB
Continuous Glucose Monitoring Outperforms Self‑Monitoring in Type 2 Diabetes
A randomized trial of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) vs self-monitoring for Type 2 diabetes on basal insulin and drug therapies shows superiority of CGM for gluocse regulation https://t.co/XUymGiov1c @TheLancetEndo https://t.co/lcjFDnEG6x
Alleged FDA Pressure Removes Study Confirming Long‑term Vaccine Efficacy
Vinay Prasad forced FDA scientists to withdraw a paper from Vaccine, the journal I am co-EIC of, because it showed that COVID vaccines work for everyone 6 months+. This is Gold Standard Science at Marty Makary’s FDA. Setting the Gold...
Ancient Octopuses Were Giant Apex Predators, Study Finds
Researchers at Hokkaido University say fossil evidence suggests that the earliest known octopuses were giant predators that hunted at the very top of the food chain https://t.co/VxiqXEw5FU
Scalable Hypothesis‑testing Datasets Will Drive Biology’s AI ROI
Which AI-enabling datasets will bring the biggest ROI in biology? One type will be "ways to confirm hypotheses at scale". @GordianBio is building atlases of how every expressed gene target affects organs suffering diseases of aging.
NIH Director Censors Routine Vaccine Study Over Personal Dislike
To be clear: @NIHDirector_Jay reportedly took issue with the study design, which is routine for evaluating vaccines post-market. Podcast Jay, who has no expertise in vaccine trials, decided unilaterally he didn’t like it & thus censored results of studies our...
Bioethicist Vs. Germline Editing Entrepreneur Sparks Uneven Debate
Starting right now. Debate between I. Glenn Cohen (Harvard/reprogenetic bioethics) vs. Cathy Tie, 'serial' human germline editing startup entrepreneur. This should not be an fair fight, but Glenn Cohen is a nice guy...so https://t.co/qfqivoLvhV
Metformin Fails to Boost Walking Distance in PAD Patients
Metformin to Improve Walking Performance in Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: The PERMET Randomized Clinical Trial "Among people with PAD without diabetes, metformin did not improve 6-minute walk distance at 6-month follow-up compared with placebo. These results do not support metformin...
Simple Habit May Prevent Alzheimer’s, 16‑year Study Finds
Want to Protect Your Brain From Alzheimer’s? A 16-Year Study Suggests a Simple Thing to Do Right Now https://t.co/JuRJJ4hRjE https://t.co/OeivZIC7Ln
Solid‑state EV Batteries Promise 80% Charge in 7.5 Minutes
JUST IN: A Chinese company just recharged an EV from 0 to 80% in 7.5 minutes. Most people have no idea what this means. Greater Bay Technology just rolled its first all-solid-state EV battery cells off a production line. These cells hit 260-500...
NASA Moves Crew‑13 Launch to September, Resumes Six‑month Cadence
NASA announces Crew-13: NASA's Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canada's Josh Kutryk, Russia's Sergey Teteryatnikov. Launching in Sept instead of Nov as NASA resumes ~6-month cadence (instead of ~8). 2nd flt for Watkins, 1st for the others. https://t.co/rK0XBeLEjt
Psilocybin Reconfigures Cortical Inhibition via Interneuron Recruitment
wonky / important pre-clinial paper out of Alex Kwan's lab Psilocybin reshapes cortical inhibition through selective interneuron recruitment @kwanalexc https://t.co/OZX2cHDD94
World Bank, Amazon Launch Bond to Restore Eastern Cape Ecosystems
The World Bank has teamed up with Amazon on a bond whose proceeds will go toward rehabilitating ecosystems in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province https://t.co/87FDKgjmhu
FDA Approves First Free Gene Therapy Restoring Deaf Children's Hearing
JUST IN: FDA approves first ever gene therapy that restores hearing in children born deaf, with treatment available at no cost
KUPS: GPU-Optimized Molecular Simulation Engine for AI Workflows
Today at @iclr_conf 2026, I was excited to announce kUPS: a molecular simulation engine built for the AI era, optimized for GPU in collaboration with NVIDIA. kUPS is a plug-and-play, Python-native toolkit designed to integrate seamlessly with modern ML workflows.
Science Consensus Beats Doom Narratives for Climate Action
There are very serious downsides to doomerism. It might be fun to get engagement on social media, but the reward system there does not apply very well to the things that drive real policy change or behavior. We should be...
Obese HFpEF Patients Show Sarcom
In people with HFpEF (heart failure with preserved ejection fraction) and severe obesity, there is a heart muscle cell defect with sarcomere hyper-phosphorylation. Besides weight loss, sarcomere enhancers (not yet studied) may help. @ScienceMagazine https://t.co/or9VaPjD8J https://t.co/FG98KIzIfN
AI Learns From Millions of Genomes, Not Text
What if you could train a ChatGPT-style AI not on text from the internet, but on millions of genomes across all of life? Samuel King has spent his @Stanford PhD building exactly that. He'll be on the "Genome as a Canvas" panel...
Longevity Medicine Nears Science Cover as Field Accelerates
Longevity medicine may be closer to the cover of Science than most people realize.🩺 The science is accelerating across prevention, diagnostics, therapeutics, and healthspan. A creative concept, not an actual Science cover.👨⚕️ Created with ImageGen2 and curated by @agingdoc1. https://t.co/H36sbrc7NN
AI-Driven Synthetic Evolution Accelerates Biological Design
Evolution is the most powerful optimization algorithm ever run. It just takes billions of years. Researchers are now rewriting the code. #SynBioBeta2026 is May 4-7th in San Jose, California, you can learn more about the conference and get your tickets here:...
Regeneron Approves Free Gene Therapy, Sparks Industry Precedent Worries
$REGN wins FDA approval for its gene therapy to treat a very rare genetic form of hearing loss. The company is giving away the therapy for free. OTOF-related hearing loss affects approx. 50 newborns per year, so really rare, but......
Harvard Study Shows Dogs Significantly Lower Stress
Harvard report: Dogs reduce stress Please take a listen to this video on the benefits of dogs at Harvard College. I was honored to be interviewed for this video. @Harvard @harvardmed #dogs #health #mentalhealth #college #MedEd https://t.co/IKYugDmHBr via @YouTube https://t.co/pmxAoNAYF3
Aging Accelerates Damage Accumulation, Driving Senescence
Evolution of Senescence by Damage Accumulation That Accelerates With Age Throughout an Organism's Lifespan https://t.co/FAjw5M2mge https://t.co/pc3XZn5s1t
Longevity Escape Velocity Near; Avoid Stupid Deaths
We're so close to longevity escape velocity (LEV by 2033) that your sole responsibility right now is to avoid dying from something stupid. The next 5 years will deliver more medical breakthroughs than the previous 50.
New Trial Compares Dara‑Bor‑Dex vs Cy‑Bor
EAA241 - Ph 2 RCT Dara-Bor-Dex vs Cy-Bor-Dex in the treatment of Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma with Light Chain Cast Nephropathy (LCCN) [Study activated 8/11/25] @keruakous https://t.co/1NgvVZ3fTA #NCT07085728 #mmsm @eaonc https://t.co/n2tSuJXS5b
Daratumumab Boosts Revlimid Efficacy in Smoldering Myeloma
#EAonc EAA173 - Daratumumab to Enhance Therapeutic Effectiveness of Revlimid in Smoldering Myeloma (DETER-SMM) - PI: @nsc_natalie https://t.co/VtBMJUjI5X Activated: Apr 30, 2019 #mmsm @eaonc #NCT03937635 @VincentRK @mweissmdphd https://t.co/VPIH8iphVP
Phase 3 Trial Tests Daratumumab Reg
.@SWOG S2213 Ph3 RCT Dara-VC Induction Followed by ASCT or Dara-VCD Consolidation & Daratumumab Maintenance in Pts w/ Newly Diagnosed AL Amyloidosis [Activated: 12/1/23] https://t.co/OizUfJCc2c #mmsm #bmtsm https://t.co/xv1RlCv8gl
Unification Attempts May Be Fundamentally Misguided, Always Needing New Ingredients
The idea of “theories of everything” may be fundamentally wrong All attempts at "unification" or "theories of everything" necessarily add new particles and new ingredients to the theory. Is this a fundamentally flawed approach? https://t.co/Khl3XWnF9s
Pregnancy Relies on Specialized Immune Cells to Tolerate Half‑Foreign DNA
Something that blows my mind about pregnancy is that your body is housing an organism that is genetically half someone else. Half of your baby's DNA comes from the father. Your immune system knows this. It recognizes the foreign DNA....
Imagining Successful Climate Action Amid Extreme Weather
On @morningjoe talking extreme weather, FEMA, climate solutions, data centers, the role of government, and my favorite question: What if we get it right? Channeling wise disasterologist Dr. samanthamontano as I field questions from @jlemire33. Thanks for having me on.
Tech Giants Converge on AI‑Biology at SynBioBeta 2026
Silicon Valley's biggest tech players aren't just watching synthetic biology from a distance. They're showing up in person. This year at @SynBioBeta 2026, delegations from @Amazon, @Google, @Apple, @OpenAI, @Anthropic, @NVIDIA, and others are coming to San Jose to see what's...
Big Firms Resist Stricter Scope 2 Emissions Reporting Rules
Apple, Amazon, Patagonia and other companies are pushing back against a proposed tightening of how they report their Scope 2 emissions from electricity https://t.co/yFnQ6aF4c4
Gene Therapy Cures Specific Deafness—A Modern Miracle
Another modern miracle: Gene therapy cures a form of deafness. Harvard to USA: You're welcome. https://t.co/mfEzVMGugp
Implant Keeps Drug‑Producing Cells Alive for a Month
A new bioelectronic implant can support populations of three different drug-producing cells for more than a month, keeping them supplied with the correct amounts of oxygen. These cells could produce drugs to treat various cancers, autoimmune diseases like arthritis, and...
Protein Abundance ≠ Protein Function, Warns Bioinformatician
1/ If you're a bioinformatician and think "protein abundance = protein function"… You're wrong. Dangerously wrong. https://t.co/Gvqvaz8rhw
Systems Thinking Unlocks Leverage to Slow Aging
The breakthrough in longevity science is systems thinking. When we map how aging actually works, we gain leverage to slow it down. https://t.co/sp3UfpvsTu
20‑Minute Neighborhoods Boost Brain Health in Seniors
Older adults living in 20-minute neighbourhoods showed brain structural patterns linked to healthier ageing, as well as greater resilience to cognitive impairment. This study from the University of Miami highlights how neighbourhood design may influence brain health as we age: https://t.co/rHipSOKA7k #research...
Apple Watch Detects Child Arrhythmias Twice As Often
Your Kid's Heart Rhythm Problem? There's a Watch for That... A new study presented at @HRSonline's #HRS2026 found that the Apple Watch captured arrhythmia events in twice as many children as traditional ambulatory patch monitors https://t.co/2uiJ41ufrx #DigitalHealth #Wearables https://t.co/2fwTzSV0aY
Lab‑grown Sperm Creates Embryos, Easing Dystopian Fears
Lab-grown sperm used to create embryos for the first time. Good news if you were worried about the Handmaid's Tale trajectory. https://t.co/q6gItYuGoJ
New AHA/ACC Guidelines Redefine Heart Disease Prevention
The biggest shift in cardiovascular prevention in years just dropped — and almost no one is talking about it. As a medical school professor, I've watched heart disease stay America's #1 killer for decades. New AHA/ACC guidelines finally move the line. What...