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Transgenic means that genes from 1 organism have been put into another. We make transgenic mice to understand how genes influence biological processes. We make transgenic plants to make them more nutrient rich. We make transgenic bacteria so they make medicine for us. It's wide-ranging & v. useful.

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One thing Trump didn't talk about last night: his plans to abandon American women’s right to abortion care in medical emergencies. I wonder why he wouldn't want anyone to know that.

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In the US alone, each year, norovirus causes ~20 million acute gastroenteritis cases, 70,000 hospitalizations, up to 800 deaths, at a cost of ~$10.6 billion annually. An pill vaccine shows considerable promise in a clinical trial, establishing mucosal immunity www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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"The central idea of post-growth is to replace the goal of increasing GDP with the goal of improving human wellbeing within planetary boundaries". It seems pretty obvious, yet no country has yet adopted a degrowth path to reduce its environmental footprint. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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The stakes are just too high.

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President Donald Trump said during his address to Congress on Tuesday that no one has ever heard of Lesotho. The foreign minister of the small African kingdom tells The Associated Press that Trump should “speak for himself.” www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...

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Tonight I’m joined by Doug, a National Science Foundation employee who was recently fired. Doug was working to bring more scientific research money into the United States. Firing him is the opposite of efficiency.

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Trump whining that Democrats wouldn't applaud him even if he cured a disease and then a second later bragging about withdrawing from the World Health Organization

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hey guess what trump's numbers about social security are total horseshit www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Outrageous. 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses and dentists terminated by DOGE. Will have a devstating effect on the health of Native Americans.

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MEDICAID Basics Over 50% of the spending for Medicaid goes to cover those with DISABILITIES and the AGED 38% of those on Medicaid are CHILDREN. /1

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STATE OF THE UNION correction: The Truth About Social Security and Dead People www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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Elon Musk calls Social Security a 'Ponzi scheme,' sparking concerns the GOP is planning to cut Social Security www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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Event organizers often overlook the visa-related difficulties that researchers in low- and middle-income countries face. This must change, says Kara Hanson https://go.nature.com/3DioEc0

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This would be funny if it wasn't so deadly dangerous… From a list of scientific research projects that Senator Ted Cruz of Texas wants stopped because they're "woke," "radical," and "neo-Marxist," Propublica reports:

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As the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act takes effect, AI systems that mimic how human teams collaborate can improve trust in high-risk situations, such as clinical medicine https://go.nature.com/4irKZTn

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How am I feeling? It's summed up in this conversation with @madhupai.bsky.social: "I think hope is the correct response to the miracle of human consciousness. I am concerned (and discouraged) in the face of our historical moment. But I refuse to respond with despair." www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...

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We just want to remind you: You’re not alone. We’re all in this together, and we’ll get through it together. We’ve seen so many people sharing their feelings of anxiety and stress—please take a moment for yourself. Your well-being matters. Sending you hugs—you are amazing, and we love you all! 💚

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Polish Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Wałęsa and 38 other former political prisoners of Poland's communist regime have condemned Donald Trump's treatment of Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, which they said reminded them of communist interrogation techniques

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Book review 📚 Against the odds: 12 women who beat bias to succeed in science https://go.nature.com/4brxuAw

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Rep. Jim Himes: Zelenskyy is watching 70,000 dead Ukrainians. Missiles are slamming into hospitals. This is what he’s seeing, and he comes to the Oval Office, and a reporter asks him why he’s not wearing a suit. And the effing VP wants him to say thank you…

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Full page in today’s Anchorage Daily News:

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The utility of generative AI tools is expanding far beyond simple summarisation and grammar support towards more sophisticated, pedagogical applications https://go.nature.com/3DgtdDy

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“No one can tell your story except you,” Omer Jean Dixon Winborn said. “Everybody has their own story and it has to be told from their perspective, and doing oral history is the best way to get that person’s interpretation of their lives.”

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We could have been part of that.

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Thanks to President Trump’s and Elon's decision to put the CFPB on ice, $100 million meant to help scammed borrowers is now stuck in limbo. This is the opposite of lowering costs.

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A rapid CRISPR test could completely transform the diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia, a life-threatening fungal infection. Today it typically requires invasive bronchoscopy, but this test enables rapid detection from blood or throat swabs. www.jci.org/articles/vie...

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Meet Trump's new best friend, Vladimir Putin. At the heart of Putin’s rule are two forces: corruption & violence. In Putin's Russia, there is no freedom of speech. Protests are violently suppressed. Dissidents are murdered. And the billionaire oligarchs become even richer.

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DOGE has seized access to huge troves of sensitive personal and national security information – and can’t even set up its own website securely. When DOGE fails to protect that data, it puts us all in danger. @repstansbury.bsky.social, @connolly.house.gov and I are pushing back.

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🇺🇦🇺🇸 Zelensky on Graham's call to resign: "I can give Lindsey Graham Ukrainian citizenship, and he will become a citizen of our country. And then his voice will be more significant... The President of Ukraine will not be elected at Lindsey Graham's house, but in Ukraine."

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You should know that a big part of 18F's work was to make sure multi-million to multi-hundreds-of-millions dollar contracts at fed and state level didn't go to shitty enterprise IT consultancies that repeatedly delivered tech that didn't work, was late, or didn't even do what it needed to

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Trump just helped bring Andrew Tate — who is literally charged with rape and human trafficking — into our country.

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Good night, dear friends. See you tomorrow. 📹 This is the man they attempted to humiliate in the Oval office. Zelenskyy will be remembered as a leader of resilience and honor, who stood firm in the face of his country’s darkest hours. His courage and dedication will leave a lasting mark on history.

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