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Eric Topol
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physician-scientist, author, editor

https://www.scripps.edu/faculty/topol/
Ground Truths https://erictopol.substack.com
SUPER AGERS https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Super-Agers/Eric-Topol/9781668067666

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Eric Jeffrey Topol is an American cardiologist, scientist, and author. He is the founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, a professor of Molecular Medicine and Executive Vice-President at Scripps Research Institute, and a senior consultant at the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, California. .. more

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · May 27
A new cover for SUPER AGERS after making the NYT bestseller list. Thanks to you for making it the #1 ranked new non-fiction book on Amazon.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 12h
How the "ready-made" cells are made

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 12h
A big advance, folks, for off-the-shelf, universal, engineered (base-edited) T cells achieving complete response vs incurable leukemia in several patients
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 14h
The impact of forever chemicals (PFAS) in drinking water on infant mortality, preterm birth, low-weight births and economic consequences (<-Figure 11 states)
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 17h
"Susan has long established herself as someone who puts evidence in service of the country above all."—
@jennifernuzzo.bsky.social

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 17h
Our recent conversation here
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Dr. Susan Monarez—Former CDC Director, First Live Interview
An American hero for standing up for science and public health
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 17h
The top 10 people of 2025 @nature.com who shaped science.
Recognizes Dr. Susan Monarez, the CDC Director who was "fired for holding the line on scientific integrity"
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 20h
The many types of cholesterol :-)

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 1d
His legendary work spawned two life science fields: molecular biology and neuroscience. But that's only part of a much bigger story. An enthralling Ground Truths conversation with @matthewcobb.bsky.social on his new book CRICK
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-story-...
The Story of Francis Crick, a new masterpiece biography by Matthew Cobb
His legendary contributions and remarkable flaws
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Reposted by Stanislas Dehaene, Joel Z. Leibo

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 1d
The exemplar of superhuman A.I. performance to date
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 1d
Letter from Congress to FDA re: undermining vaccines, page 1 of 6

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 2d
AI and the New Science of Medicine
today @nejm.org
"the science of medicine is ready for reinvention"
"AI generates hypotheses, but those hypotheses are tested the old-fashioned way, avoiding the myriad statistical problems of relying on AI alone for discovery."
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Bedside to Bench — AI and the New Science of Medicine | NEJM
Today, medical research builds up an understanding of the whole from molecular parts, but artificial intelligence can revive an approach building down from patient-level data to theory and understa...
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 2d
Today's NYT front page.
A methodical quest and the latest salvo

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 3d
One proposed strategy to promote a youthful immune system and human healthspan is to rejuvenate our thymus gland. Can we learn from this exceptional (and peculiar looking) vertebrate that can do this?
science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Reposted by Karen O’Leary

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 3d
The direct causal evidence of ultra-processed foods for adverse health outcomes is accruing
nature.com/articles/s41...

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 3d
How do the metabolic waste products get cleared from our brain? And how does this process intersect with the brain's immune system?
An exceptional review by
@jonykipnis.bsky.social
and colleagues
cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Resolving the mysteries of brain clearance and immune surveillance
This review by Kipnis et al. explores recent advances in brain fluid dynamics, emphasizing CSF flow’s role in waste clearance, the glymphatic and meningeal lymphatic systems, and neuroimmune interacti...
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