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Which FDA-approved vaccines had randomized, placebo-controlled trials? ALL OF THEM. Polio? Measles, mumps, rubella? Haemophilus influenzae B? Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis? Meningococcus? Varicella? Pneumococcus? Rotavirus? RSV? Hepatitis B? Influenza? HPV? COVID-19? Shingles? YEP. A thread🧵 1/

submitted 18 days ago • 60 comments

I was searching for chemicals today and got some prices. Realised that “deliver to” was set to US. Changed to UK and the prices all massively dropped. Tariffs in action…

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

1804. Oceans are now Battlefields. In the South China Sea a British convoy worth almost £1bn today is spotted by the French. It should be a massacre. Instead, Commodore Nathanial Dance is about to defeat a French battle squadron using some paint and the most overplayed hand in #navalHistory. /1 🧵

submitted 21 days ago • 17 comments

Excited to see this out in @science.org today!! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

submitted 21 days ago • 6 comments

We're looking for a Scientific Operations Project Manager to join us at ICR, London. Role is aimed at establishing new funding streams, collaborations with biotech. and pharma and managing collaborations with other academic groups. jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/11...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

The tragedy of public policy. You can change things to save millions of lives and nobody will notice, still less thank you for it (see also, seatbelts, food regulations, vaccines etc)

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

Staple this to RFK Jr’s forehead.

submitted 33 days ago • 395 comments

Great thread on the topic of dimethyl sulfide/smelly aliens. I also prefer to be solid #chemsky

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Bannon the latest in the “Britain doesn’t manufacture anything” brigade. It’s a lazy trope you hear repeated in the media a lot. In fact the UK remains the 8th or 9th biggest manufacturer in the world. 10% of our GDP with some of the most advanced manufacturing anywhere.

submitted 36 days ago • 80 comments

A must read for any medicinal chemist or anyone working with molecules in vivo

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

‘MLKL activity requires a splicing-regulated, druggable intramolecular interaction’ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

U.K. academia plus U.K. biotech plus U.K./Sweden pharma = new medicine. A great advert for our drug discovery ecosystem!

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

NEWS: NICE has recommended capivasertib for advanced #BreastCancer. The decision makes the targeted drug available, in combination with fulvestrant, for some NHS patients with the most common type of breast cancer. Read more about the history of the drug⬇️ www.icr.ac.uk/about-us/icr...

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

impactful work from @icr.ac.uk - saliva test to identify men at risk of prostate cancer www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... News write up here : www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

Someone must be making money out of all these sudden market moves

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

I had forgotten entirely about the Head Crusher until today www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t4p...

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

Impt paper from @npca-natcan.bsky.social-geographic variation in prostate cancer diagnosis bmjoncology.bmj.com/content/4/1/... Areas with the HIGHEST risk of metastatic disease have the LOWEST incidence of all prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is curable if caught early @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

Groundbreaking study in Cell from @leventallab.bsky.social: phospholipid asymmetry is a defining feature of the plasma membrane and cholesterol fills the holes — major implications for how this membrane works. A #lipidtime must-read! www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

submitted 49 days ago • 2 comments

I was going to get the train today. But I am increasingly concerned at the deficit I’m running with Great Northern Rail. I buy a lot from them and they purchase nothing from me. Tempted to apply a 20% tariff. Sure my tickets will cost 20% more but it might mean I buy fewer and reduce the deficit.

submitted 50 days ago • 61 comments

What a great visualisation

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

“after a median of five years, patients with breast or colorectal cancer who chose alternative care over conventional care for their initial treatment were nearly five times as likely to die.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...

submitted 54 days ago • 2 comments

Diversity initiatives in science have led to stronger teams and better outputs. We need more, not less diversity in our workplaces.

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

My friend from graduate school found out that funding for her NF1 project got pulled. From $25 mil to 0 with a stroke of a pen. NF1=Neurofibromatosis Type 1, an inherited genetic disorder. Both of us are early career scientists. 🧪🔬🧬 #Science #AcademicSky www.wired.com/story/the-ch...

submitted 59 days ago • 19 comments

‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff

submitted 58 days ago • 463 comments

Nice to be back at @ucl.ac.uk again yesterday to give a medchem teaching / revision seminar, and some good audience participation (well, relatively good for a Monday morning at 9am, that is!)

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments