A recent preprint purported to show that SARS-CoV-2 is of synthetic origin, but it is so deeply flawed that it wouldn’t pass kindergarten molecular biology.
Below is an analysis with more relevant SARSr-CoV genomes, including the inferred recCA from .
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Bed time distraction: Which Paul Rudd is younger? I got 5 out of 20. vulture.com/2013/03/take-o
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In Boston - they just told us that draft beer is off because they’re out of CO2, and lots of bars around are too… I knew we had a shortage in the UK, a while back - but it’s real here now?
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‘Front of the line’: For Alzheimer’s patients in successful trial, a feeling of gratitude statnews.com/2022/10/20/fro STAT reporter spoke with people who participated in the lecanemab clinical trial, and their family members.
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.' annual summit is less than a month a way. Come listen to me pepper Tony Fauci with questions.
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We have more speakers to share for our 2022 #STATSummit on Nov 15 and 16. Join us for solution-focused discussion of the most important topics in health care: 🧵
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An invite-only conference on "Academic freedom" with a speaker list curated from the finest anti-climate, covid-minimizing, "cancel culture warriors" headed by Peter Thiel.
Always nice to know "being cancelled" involves so many perks and platforms and inner circles.
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Stanford is hosting an Academic Freedom Conference next month. My request to attend has been denied: "We are not inviting the media to our conference in order to foment a more open discussion."
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I am excited to blow your minds with why we study human health in space and impacts to all of us earthlings are staying on terra firma
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Hey everyone! You can now see the AGENDA for #STATSummit in Boston, our biggest event of the year!!!
This is when we bring STAT to the stage, and just about every STAT reporter will be there!
Info + tickets here:
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FDA authorizes booster shot for Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine
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FDA panel votes that premature birth drug should be withdrawn
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So here's my take on the BU experiments. I know you can't say this on Twitter, but it is my current state of understanding, possibly imperfect, subject to revision with better understanding, and trying to make sense rather than condemn opponents.
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Some people really do get more mosquito bites, and it doesn't have to do with diet, soaps, or other fragrances. It's carboxylic acids. And once a mosquito magnet, always a mosquito magnet scientificamerican.com/article/some-p by on
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In this paper we find that prescription drugs make up about 27% of fee-for-service #Medicare spending as of 2019. This doesn't count drugs in bundles or delivered in the inpatient setting and does include rebates (so it isn't an overestimate!). 2/4
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Oz Azam left Tmunity months after its cell therapy program came to a halt. He then posted that he was returning to his roots in neuroscience, heading a stealth startup.
Earlier today, that startup launched with a series A. Its focus? Psychedelics.
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#STATSummit, our biggest event of the year, will be on November 15 and 16. We'll be joined by some of the greatest minds in #healthcare including these names: 🧵
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🚨🚨🚨 EXCLUSIVE AUDIO of senior CVS Caremark executives disparaging patients as "brand terrorists" who Tweet about poor PBM service accessing medications or score them low on satisfaction surveys.🧵1/
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#Breaking: Justice Department sues Cigna for allegedly exaggerating conditions of Medicare Advantage members
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Reading 's book Moonshot. Would love to have a word index, but nope, there isn't one. Anyway, it's a good read so far.
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A must read study by on US insulin rationing.
1.3 MILLION diabetics are currently rationing basic insulin to survive.
NOW is the time to cap insulin prices for all.
NOW is the time to nationalize insulin production.
We Are Dying.
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Um, this is embarrassing. I forgot one of the sessions.
If you follow health tech, you know Cerebral has been in the news. will interview CEO live on stage.
Again, don't you want to be in the room where that happens?
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Hey everyone! You can now see the AGENDA for #STATSummit in Boston, our biggest event of the year!!!
This is when we bring STAT to the stage, and just about every STAT reporter will be there!
Info + tickets here:
statnews.com/2022/summit/st
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You can apply to get an in-person ticket here:
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You can also DM me with any questions. I want to hear from you! DMs are open for a reason.
Thanks for listening.
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We still have a few surprises to announce. At every session, we'll encourage questions from the live audience. I've left out the breakouts, coffee breaks, and meals that will provide extra time for networking.
I'd really love to see you there.
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Over lunch, I have a virtual interview with David Ricks of Eli Lilly, now one of the most valuable drug firms thanks to bets on obesity & Alzheimer's.
Then , fresh off last week's opioid scoop, talks to NIDA's Nora Volkow about the addiction epidemic.
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I'll interview a pharma legend: Ken Frazier, exec chairman, Merck & chairman of Health Assurance Initiatives, General Catalyst.
I've been covering Frazier for more than a decade and we'll have a lot to talk about.
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Then takes us into the final frontier, to ask if we can survive there. With experts in biology and space: , , and astronaut .
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Really excited for this one. We'll put the discussion about drug pricing and innovation where it belongs: with two patients, one with CF and the other with cancer, who are also experts in the topic.
With and .
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Then, will take her award-winning reporting on health equity on stage. Why, aren't there more Black doctors? With and .
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Day 2 begins early, with a special, virtual breakfast with ! We provide food for you and , but Ashish has to fetch his own.
The main stage opens as I interview Pfizer ($PFE) CEO Albert Bourla.
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Day 1 will close with a musical surprise and a special reception.
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After that? Join the Moderna + (now former) Pfizer executives who guided the Covid vaccines to find out what is next in vaccine development.
Then we'll have a session on reproductive health after the Roe decision featuring Maven's and .
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Then, we're going to have a session on the future of cancer medicine with and , moderated by . 7/17
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If you're in biotech, you've been wondering what regenerative medicine startup Altos Labs is building -- especially given that the company has raised $3 billion. CEO Hal Barron and researcher Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte will sit down with . 6/17
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After lunch, we'll will interview Tony Fauci, who joins virtually. Enough said.
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Stars from our new class of #STATWunderkinds will be interviewed by !
Vertex Pharmaceuticals ($VRTX) is making progress against sickle cell, type 1 diabetes, and pain. will interview the company's CEO and CSO about their ongoing work. 4/17
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Then, leads a discussion with three startups that will change medicine. Stay tuned to find out who they are.
After that, interviews , of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy. To me she's . 3/17
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