Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@qoto.org

Three conglomerates account for 90% of all generic drug buys.

#FDA has 10 people tasked to tracking and figuring out drug shortages.

Hmmm, what COULD the problem be? 🙄

#capitalism #regulatorycapture #USelessgovernment

Drug Shortages Near an All-Time High, Leading to Rationing - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/health/drug-shortages-cancer.html

'By analyzing the genomes of 290 living people, researchers concluded that modern humans descended from at least two populations that coexisted in Africa for a million years before merging in several independent events across the continent. The findings were published on Wednesday in Nature.'
@Carl_Zimmer

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/science/human-origins-africa.html

“The carrion birds sat about the topmost corners of the houses with their wings outstretched in attitudes of exhortation like dark little bishops.”

#CormacMcCarthy #BloodMeridian #Books #Bookshelf #ClassicBooks #bookstodon

The second coming of angiogenesis inhibitors?

"So far, dozens of clinical trials have evaluated checkpoint inhibitor-angiogenesis inhibitor combos. Some proved toxic, and others failed. However, the studies also led FDA to approve new therapies for types of liver, kidney, lung, and endometrial cancers. The drug combinations are not curative, but they restrain tumor growth. And some extend patients’ lives by many months over angiogenesis inhibitors alone."

https://www.science.org/content/article/failed-cancer-therapy-revived-powerful-tumor-killer-when-combined-newer-drugs#.ZGTEnbmFjTk.linkedin

Research Technician - Ackerman Lab
University of California, San Diego

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/research-technician-ackerman-lab/?feed_id=45878

#ScienceJobs #hiring #research
La Jolla #UnitedStatesUS #ResearchTechnician
https://jobrxiv.org/job/research-technician-ackerman-lab/?feed_id=45878

Just shared my reasons for leaving Twitter with a journalist:

Open positions in Jena, Germany to work on phages

A Postdoctoral fellowship in Viral Ecology: https://twitter.com/BEDutilh/status/1658810066336718850

A PhD student to study Bacteriophage Diversity: https://twitter.com/BEDutilh/status/1658810508022018049

A PhD student to study Microbiome Structure: https://twitter.com/BEDutilh/status/1658810854001745920

'MalariaGEN is now a global community, with more than 200 researchers in more than 40 countries. From the outset it embodied principles of openness and data sharing, with Dominic often travelling to partner institutions to establish mutual trust. Together with training and the development of laboratories, this helped to ensure that the researchers gained the capacity to lead their own studies and dispelled any suspicion that rich countries were exploiting the resources of less-wealthy ones.'

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/16/dominic-kwiatkowski-obituary

Online now: With Darwin towards complexity: a review of Domains and Major Transitions of Social Evolution https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/fulltext/S0169-5347(23)00092-7?rss=yes&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Cephalopod Neuroscience Conference, April 17-21, 2024. MBL, Woods Hole, MA USA

Organized by Cristopher Niell, Caroline Albertin, Paul Katz, Robyn Crook, & Simon Sprecher

sites.google.com/view/cephneuro/

#neuroscience #cephalopods

The Whole Genome of Colletes collaris (Hymenoptera: Colletidae): An Important Step in Comparative Genomics of Cellophane Bees https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evad062 #science #evolution #biology #genome #SciComm #evolgen_paper

-DeSantis signed three anti-trans bills into law.
-The laws limit LGBTQ+ schools' curriculum and transgender care for minors.
-They also criminalize "opposite sex" restroom access in public buildings, schools, and parks.

This is NOT about 'protecting children' it is about inciting hate against a vulnerable & marginalized community to gain political power. We have seen this before and it does not end well. #Fascism101

https://www.businessinsider.com/desantis-authorizes-slew-of-anti-trans-laws-in-florida-2023-5?_gl=1*eli0xx*_ga*MTUwMzI3NDEyMi4xNjg0MzU3NDU2*_ga_E21CV80ZCZ*MTY4NDM1NzQ1Ni4xLjEuMTY4NDM1NzU4OS4xOC4wLjA.&r=US&IR=T

'The protest was started by Ilaria Lamera, an engineering student at Milan Polytechnic, before spreading to Rome and other cities including Florence, Bologna, Padua and Cagliari. Lamera had been commuting to university from her home town of Bergamo and when she started looking for a room to rent in Milan struggled to find one for below €600 (£520).'

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/12/italy-students-protest-over-cost-housing-high-rents

'Growing up to 15 centimetres high, with unassuming tan or yellow-green tops, death caps can taste quite nice, according to people who have accidentally eaten them and survived. But afterwards, the toxin can cause vomiting, seizures, severe liver damage and death.'

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01630-9