Hidden in the lungs of some breast cancer survivors are tumor cells that can remain dormant for decades — until they one day trigger a relapse.

Now, experiments show for the first time these rogue cells can be roused from their slumber by common respiratory illnesses such as COVID-19 or the flu.

This graph is astonishing. The people that bang on about “natural birth” and “women have been doing this forever without help” need to be forced to stare at this until their eyes water.

It's not too late! The late-breaking call for abstracts for #ISEH2025 🏯 is now open. Submit your abstracts by 16 July for a chance to share your findings with world-leading scientists. www.iseh.org/2025abstracts

Roi Gazit at the Woodstock Night Science conference #TCTEAC @gazitroi.bsky.social

“His goal is to eliminate incentives to develop vaccines.”

www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...

My institution's office of research services just completed a workshop on the use of narrative cv's (i.e., biosketches) in grant proposals. They are recommending the use of AI to read your CV and name your 5 greatest accomplishments.

@carlbergstrom.com I would greatly appreciate your thoughts!

Can't believe it is 2025 and we are posting things like this:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

People who design & study vaccines are wondering why the #NIH is sinking half a billion dollars into trying to develop a platform for universal flu & covid vaccines using a decades-old production approach. “There is incredible work going on. This is not it." www.statnews.com/2025/05/03/n...