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When three bright minds from different disciplines come together, something exceptional can happen. 🌟 This is exactly what Prof. Patricia Hidalgo, Dr. Beatrix Santiago-Schübel, and Dr. Mercedes Alfonso-Prieto have achieved. 👩🔬

In an interdisciplinary project, they investigated how cells recognise and remove defective calcium channels – work that could prove significant not only for basic science, but also for future therapies for #neurodegenerative #diseases.

https://go.fzj.de/calcium-channels

Greek Hub 3d ago

Η επανάσταση στη βιοϊατρική με το BoltzGen https://greekhub.org/i-epanastasi-sti-vioiatriki-me-to-boltzgen/ #addressing #create #debut #diseases #Generative #hardtotreat #MIT #model #molecules #News #scientists #GreekHub

Η επανάσταση στη βιοϊατρική με το BoltzGen

Περιεχόμενα ↑ Η καινοτομία του BoltzGen Πρωτοποριακή προσέγγιση Εκτεταμένη αξιολόγηση Βιομηχανική αποδοχή Γιατί έχει σημασία Η προοπτική του μέλλοντος Περισσότεροι από 300 ακαδημαϊκοί και επαγγελματίες της βιομηχανίας συγκεντρώθηκαν σε ένα αμφιθέατρο για να παρακολουθήσουν ένα σεμινάριο για το BoltzGen, που διοργανώθηκε από την Κλινική Abdul Latif Jameel για Μάθηση Μηχανών στην Υγεία (MIT Jameel Clinic). […]

GreekHub

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬3d ago

#DNA Identifies 2 #Bacteria Killers That Stalked #Napoleon’s #Army
#Genetic material pulled from 13 teeth found in a grave in Lithuania revealed two infectious #diseases that felled the French emperor’s troops as they withdrew from Russia.
One is relapsing fever, an infection carried by lice that resembles typhus.
The other is paratyphoid fever, transmitted through contaminated food or water.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/health/dna-identifies-2-bacterial-killers-that-stalked-napoleons-army.html
https://archive.ph/2HwOp

DNA Identifies 2 Bacterial Killers That Stalked Napoleon’s Army

Genetic material pulled from 13 teeth found in a grave in Lithuania revealed infectious diseases that felled the French emperor’s troops as they withdrew from Russia.

The New York Times

Steve Dustcircle 🌹4d ago

No evidence for chiropractor #BryanArdis’ claim that #nicotine cures #Parkinsons and other #diseases

https://science.feedback.org/review/no-evidence-chiropractor-bryan-ardis-claim-nicotine-cures-parkinsons-other-diseases/

#factcheck

No evidence for chiropractor Bryan Ardis’ claim that nicotine cures Parkinson’s and other diseases - Science Feedback

Nicotine patches have been promoted as a cure for a variety of conditions, including Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis. There’s little to no evidence backing these claims up.

Science Feedback

Afghanistan 🇦🇫6d ago

Mawlavi Ataullah Omari, Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock of Afghanistan, departed today, Wednesday, for #Moscow, leading a high-ranking delegation.

The Minister is scheduled to participate in the International Conference on #animal Health.

Discussions will focus on preventing and controlling animal #diseases, enhancing technical capabilities, and fostering collaborative partnerships with representatives from participating countries.

Source: Bakhtar News Agency (@bnaenglish)
[ https://x.com/bnaenglish/status/1993732315437215746 ]

#Afghanistan

The Inquisitive Biologist Nov 22

This week's #NewBooks at the library: I bought second-hand copies of Fevered Planet: How #Diseases Emerge When We Harm Nature by the late John Vidal and #Dust: The Modern World in a Trillion Particles by Jay Owens, and picked up a review copy of Uncommon Ground: Rethinking Our Relationship With the #Countryside by Patrick Galbraith.

#AtmosphericSciences #Pandemics #Epidemics #PublicHealth #Zoonoses #Books #Scicomm #Bookstodon @bookstodon

Chronic Illness Humor Funny Nov 19

#germs #immunocompromised #autoimmunedisorder #chronicillnesshumor #chronicillnessmemes #covid #flu #diseases

WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and Business Nov 15

An Invasive Disease-Carrying Mosquito Has Spread to the Rocky Mountains

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/a-disease-carrying-mosquito-has-landed-in-the-rocky-mountains-where-it-historically-couldnt-survive/

WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and Business Nov 14

Weight-Loss Drug Zepbound Is Being Tested as a Treatment for Long Covid

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/weight-loss-drug-zepbound-is-being-tested-as-a-treatment-for-long-covid/

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Nov 12

Here's What Happens to the #Plastic in #DishwasherPods
In the case of #dishwasher #pods, companies have tried to design the plastic films to dissolve harmlessly. Even so, some researchers are concerned these pods may persist in the environment, ultimately adding to other plastic-related exposures that science is increasingly linking to chronic #diseases.
Here’s the latest research on how dishwasher pods might affect #health.
https://time.com/7320935/dishwasher-pods-plastic/

What Happens to the Plastic in Dishwasher Pods?

Dishwasher pods dissolve into something different than microplastics.

Time