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𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘺, 𝘜𝘊𝘓 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘈𝘝, 𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪, 𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘰, 𝘮𝘙𝘕𝘈 🧬🚲

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Sorry I haven't posted much science/history/gene therapy recently - will get back on this soon. Am doing some preparation for a big cycle ride next month. And did this practice ride a week ago (ride initially mapped by Chris Ward road.cc/content/blog...). Saw so many nice places.

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I had the pleasure of being at the @asgct.bsky.social in New Orleans last week - fantastic conference, as always, and a welcoming city. I won't post anything about the conference, just three photos I took of a monument facing the Mississippi River. The "Monument to the Immigrant":

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Well done to Juan Diaz, Sonam Gurung for their awards @asgct.bsky.social 🧬 🥳🍾

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While on a cycle yesterday I parked up and took this photo. Bluebells and fern. Calming

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As a kid I always thought dandelion clocks were beautiful. They still are.

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A new paper hitting the press: Gene therapy for AIPL-1 retinal dystrophy. Almost all kids with this can only perceive light, at best. Getting early will help with vision also neurodevelopment and psychosocial aspects. 🧬 ⭐ 👁 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Fascinating and comprehensive review just out, exploring the concept of fetal gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...

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Brilliant conference and well done to all the @ucltro.bsky.social who did a magnificent job!

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🧬The first @ucl.ac.uk Advanced Therapies Symposium is now underway, #UCL2025AdvTx, bringing together UCL scientists and external partners. @profsimonwad.bsky.social kicks off the event and in the photo we have Prof. Stephanie Schorge for her talk. UCL’s #ATMP Pipelines bit.ly/42dlq1F

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Just been laughing my head off at this alternative phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie etc.). You can play around with it here: web.cs.dal.ca/~jamie/Words...

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@florianmerkle.bsky.social has BSGCT got a Bluesky account?

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@robwords.bsky.social 👇🏻

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'What comes next? As far as I know, there are no examples of modern nations turning their backs on medical science. But there’s every reason to expect the consequences to be ghastly.' @pkrugman.bsky.social paulkrugman.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-and...

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Did we listen? No, we didn't @richardsever.bsky.social @helencooksley.bsky.social

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New paper out now - ascending infection during pregnancy results in neonatal morbidity - brain, lung, gut pathology - unique model of human newborn morbidity following infection-associated preterm birth @ucl-ifwh.bsky.social @dmacintyre.bsky.social ajp.amjpathol.org/article/S000...

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Goodbye Mum. Rest in peace 🧡 Anne Maureen Waddington. 28.03.1931-10.01.2025

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Now live - our review of neurodegeneration in lysosomal storage disease - comparing and contrasting disease mechanisms; emerging evidence of unifying convergence @jimd-editors.bsky.social @ucl-ifwh.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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This is our company, we have partnered and embedded ourselves into the world famous National Hospital for Neurology at Queen's Square. This is the quickest way to get our test for Parkinson's disease into the NHS. This is massive. www.uclh.nhs.uk/news/nhs-pat...

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1953 Rosalind Franklin 🧪. She elucidated the structure of tobacco mosaic virus, showing that the RNA genome was embedded in the protein capsid, performed the foundation work to determine the structure of poliomyelitis virus, and provided the data to determine that DNA exists as a double-helix

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Almost 90 people now listed in this starter pack for Reproductive Sciences #ReproSky 🧪 go.bsky.app/R19Temj

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@ucl-ifwh.bsky.social @prenataltherapy.bsky.social Harper on Cunk

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