Alt National Cancer Institute (NIH/NCI) 🧬
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The official "Resistance" team of the National Cancer Institute at NIH.
A CAR-T for the collective conscience—because unchecked lies metastasize. We carry forward NCI’s mission to tell the truth about cancer research.
A CAR-T for the collective conscience—because unchecked lies metastasize. We carry forward NCI’s mission to tell the truth about cancer research.
Pinned
This account is for sharing info with the cancer community & combating the lies coming from RFK Jr/HHS. We're ready to start some "good trouble."
Education is power, and we can help advocate for cancer research together 💪
We're a small & mighty team of NCI people. Pls ask us questions you may have
Education is power, and we can help advocate for cancer research together 💪
We're a small & mighty team of NCI people. Pls ask us questions you may have
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The dismantling of the National Cancer Institute and the FDA
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July 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The dismantling of the National Cancer Institute and the FDA
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Recent research showed a correlation between new-onset diabetes and pancreatic cancer, suggesting it could be a potential marker for earlier detection.
Learn more: http://spr.ly/633214Qzo9
Learn more: http://spr.ly/633214Qzo9
New-onset diabetes may serve as an early marker of pancreatic cancer
New-onset diabetes may serve as an early marker of pancreatic cancer
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July 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Recent research showed a correlation between new-onset diabetes and pancreatic cancer, suggesting it could be a potential marker for earlier detection.
Learn more: http://spr.ly/633214Qzo9
Learn more: http://spr.ly/633214Qzo9
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The Supreme Court is corrupt and we should say that.
@joshtpm.bsky.social:
@joshtpm.bsky.social:
Thoughts on the Corrupt High Court
Not surprisingly, the Supreme Court’s right-wing majority expressed great skepticism at the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
July 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The Supreme Court is corrupt and we should say that.
@joshtpm.bsky.social:
@joshtpm.bsky.social:
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court, via the shadow docket, has greenlighted the DOGE mass firings.
From us at NIH:
The Supreme Court is an arm of Trump and Republican Party.
It is not a court, but a political body. And it must be disempowered if we want functional science in the US. 🧪
From us at NIH:
The Supreme Court is an arm of Trump and Republican Party.
It is not a court, but a political body. And it must be disempowered if we want functional science in the US. 🧪
Supreme Court clears the way for Trump's plans to downsize the federal workforce
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce.
apnews.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court, via the shadow docket, has greenlighted the DOGE mass firings.
From us at NIH:
The Supreme Court is an arm of Trump and Republican Party.
It is not a court, but a political body. And it must be disempowered if we want functional science in the US. 🧪
From us at NIH:
The Supreme Court is an arm of Trump and Republican Party.
It is not a court, but a political body. And it must be disempowered if we want functional science in the US. 🧪
"It's a crap show"
"I really, really don’t understand what they’re trying to achieve”
"People will die"
"Outdated PDQ information is 'really very dangerous'”
Many thanks to @rachanadpradhan.bsky.social @kffhealthnews.org for this great piece of investigative journalism. www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/h...
"I really, really don’t understand what they’re trying to achieve”
"People will die"
"Outdated PDQ information is 'really very dangerous'”
Many thanks to @rachanadpradhan.bsky.social @kffhealthnews.org for this great piece of investigative journalism. www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/h...
World’s premier cancer institute faces crippling cuts and chaos | CNN
The Trump administration’s broadsides against scientific research have caused unprecedented upheaval at the National Cancer Institute, the storied federal government research hub that has spearheaded ...
www.cnn.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
"It's a crap show"
"I really, really don’t understand what they’re trying to achieve”
"People will die"
"Outdated PDQ information is 'really very dangerous'”
Many thanks to @rachanadpradhan.bsky.social @kffhealthnews.org for this great piece of investigative journalism. www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/h...
"I really, really don’t understand what they’re trying to achieve”
"People will die"
"Outdated PDQ information is 'really very dangerous'”
Many thanks to @rachanadpradhan.bsky.social @kffhealthnews.org for this great piece of investigative journalism. www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/h...
Trump, RFKJ 🧠🪱, and Bhattacharya want to make it HARDER to access cancer information, too.
The Supreme Court just gave Donald Trump the green light to fire THOUSANDS of federal workers.
Those are Social Security workers who help seniors get their checks on time, public health workers who keep us safe, and more.
Trump wants to make it HARDER for people to get help.
Those are Social Security workers who help seniors get their checks on time, public health workers who keep us safe, and more.
Trump wants to make it HARDER for people to get help.
Supreme Court allows Trump to move forward with plans for mass firings, reorganization of the federal government
The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to move forward with an executive order mandating a restructure of federal agencies and mass layoffs of workers.
abcnews.go.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Trump, RFKJ 🧠🪱, and Bhattacharya want to make it HARDER to access cancer information, too.
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Gentle reminder that Saturday, 14 June, is #NoKingsDay
Please visit www.nokings.org to find the protest nearest you.
#AltCitizen
Please visit www.nokings.org to find the protest nearest you.
#AltCitizen
June 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Gentle reminder that Saturday, 14 June, is #NoKingsDay
Please visit www.nokings.org to find the protest nearest you.
#AltCitizen
Please visit www.nokings.org to find the protest nearest you.
#AltCitizen
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Bill Cassidy was soooo confident in 🧠🪱's assurances that vaccines wouldn't be touched.
Where is Bill Cassidy now?
#WheresBill #SaveCDC #SaveACIP
Where is Bill Cassidy now?
#WheresBill #SaveCDC #SaveACIP
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Alt: a cartoon of spongebob wearing a hat with a flower in the background searching furiously
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June 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Bill Cassidy was soooo confident in 🧠🪱's assurances that vaccines wouldn't be touched.
Where is Bill Cassidy now?
#WheresBill #SaveCDC #SaveACIP
Where is Bill Cassidy now?
#WheresBill #SaveCDC #SaveACIP
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Trump NIH director Bhattacharya took to Twitter to spin the Bethesda Declaration.
We're here to point out his confusion and contradictions. 🫡
First, it is laughable for him to say he's removing ideology. Trump has inserted a rightwing ideology, stripping Harvard of science for ideological reasons.
We're here to point out his confusion and contradictions. 🫡
First, it is laughable for him to say he's removing ideology. Trump has inserted a rightwing ideology, stripping Harvard of science for ideological reasons.
June 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Trump NIH director Bhattacharya took to Twitter to spin the Bethesda Declaration.
We're here to point out his confusion and contradictions. 🫡
First, it is laughable for him to say he's removing ideology. Trump has inserted a rightwing ideology, stripping Harvard of science for ideological reasons.
We're here to point out his confusion and contradictions. 🫡
First, it is laughable for him to say he's removing ideology. Trump has inserted a rightwing ideology, stripping Harvard of science for ideological reasons.
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There is a second support letter that the public can sign.
You can help advance medical
cures in the US, and defend against Trump’s tyrannical attacks on the country, by signing it. Please do. We hope for your support.
And please share with your family and friends!
You can help advance medical
cures in the US, and defend against Trump’s tyrannical attacks on the country, by signing it. Please do. We hope for your support.
And please share with your family and friends!
Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Support NIH Staff Now!
www.standupforscience.net
June 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
There is a second support letter that the public can sign.
You can help advance medical
cures in the US, and defend against Trump’s tyrannical attacks on the country, by signing it. Please do. We hope for your support.
And please share with your family and friends!
You can help advance medical
cures in the US, and defend against Trump’s tyrannical attacks on the country, by signing it. Please do. We hope for your support.
And please share with your family and friends!
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“We urge you as NIH Director to restore grants delayed or terminated for political reasons so that life-saving science can continue.”
Over one hundred NIH employees publish a letter of dissent to Trump administration attacks on medical research, the “Bethesda Declaration.” 🧪
Over one hundred NIH employees publish a letter of dissent to Trump administration attacks on medical research, the “Bethesda Declaration.” 🧪
June 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
“We urge you as NIH Director to restore grants delayed or terminated for political reasons so that life-saving science can continue.”
Over one hundred NIH employees publish a letter of dissent to Trump administration attacks on medical research, the “Bethesda Declaration.” 🧪
Over one hundred NIH employees publish a letter of dissent to Trump administration attacks on medical research, the “Bethesda Declaration.” 🧪
“History has its eyes on you” - Hamilton ⭐️
We are proud of the NIH patriots, including some staff at NCI, for penning their names to the Bethesda Declaration and choosing to be in the right side of history ✊🏼
We are proud of the NIH patriots, including some staff at NCI, for penning their names to the Bethesda Declaration and choosing to be in the right side of history ✊🏼
June 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
“History has its eyes on you” - Hamilton ⭐️
We are proud of the NIH patriots, including some staff at NCI, for penning their names to the Bethesda Declaration and choosing to be in the right side of history ✊🏼
We are proud of the NIH patriots, including some staff at NCI, for penning their names to the Bethesda Declaration and choosing to be in the right side of history ✊🏼
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NEWS this morning: Hundreds of NIH workers sent a sharply worded letter to Trump officials this morning protesting their actions regarding the agency, saying they are causing a "dramatic reduction in life-saving research.”
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‘We Dissent’: NIH Workers Protest Trump Policies That ‘Harm the Health of Americans’ - KFF Health News
A letter signed by more than 300 National Institutes of Health workers — some still working, others who were fired this year — is an extraordinary public rebuke of actions taken under Director Jay Bha...
kffhealthnews.org
June 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
NEWS this morning: Hundreds of NIH workers sent a sharply worded letter to Trump officials this morning protesting their actions regarding the agency, saying they are causing a "dramatic reduction in life-saving research.”
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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People don’t realize just how much damage this administration is doing to American science—and confidence in American science globally.
Everyone I speak with inside is horrified…
Everyone I speak with inside is horrified…
June 7, 2025 at 4:52 AM
People don’t realize just how much damage this administration is doing to American science—and confidence in American science globally.
Everyone I speak with inside is horrified…
Everyone I speak with inside is horrified…
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The blowup between Elon and Trump hasn’t ended DOGE, it’s still expanding. Russ Vought now plans to institutionalize DOGE across the federal government, and Elon’s staffers are embedded deep within key agencies.
June 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The blowup between Elon and Trump hasn’t ended DOGE, it’s still expanding. Russ Vought now plans to institutionalize DOGE across the federal government, and Elon’s staffers are embedded deep within key agencies.
This tracks.
“The appointment is significant because the institute has never had a political appointee other than the NCI director.”
More and more politicos are being given the keys to drive the narrative at NIH, and now the car is parked in NCI’s driveway. 🤞🏼 Doug Lowy stays in the driver’s seat
“The appointment is significant because the institute has never had a political appointee other than the NCI director.”
More and more politicos are being given the keys to drive the narrative at NIH, and now the car is parked in NCI’s driveway. 🤞🏼 Doug Lowy stays in the driver’s seat
George Sigounas named the first-ever chief science advisor at NCI
https://cancerletter.com/cancer-policy/20250606_7a/
https://cancerletter.com/cancer-policy/20250606_7a/
George Sigounas named the first-ever chief science advisor at NCI - The Cancer Letter
George Sigounas, an expert in bone marrow transplantation, was named to the newly created post of chief science advisor at NCI. To access this subscriber-only content please log in or subscribe.If your institution has a site license, log in with IP-login or register for a sponsored account.**Not all site licenses are enrolled in sponsored accounts.Login […]
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June 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This tracks.
“The appointment is significant because the institute has never had a political appointee other than the NCI director.”
More and more politicos are being given the keys to drive the narrative at NIH, and now the car is parked in NCI’s driveway. 🤞🏼 Doug Lowy stays in the driver’s seat
“The appointment is significant because the institute has never had a political appointee other than the NCI director.”
More and more politicos are being given the keys to drive the narrative at NIH, and now the car is parked in NCI’s driveway. 🤞🏼 Doug Lowy stays in the driver’s seat
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One thing the MAHA report is seriously missing: connection to reality. You can’t tackle chronic illness while gutting the workforce that prevents it. Health departments hollowed out, $11b of directed federal support pulled, 20k jobs at health agencies eliminated.
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Deep cuts erode the foundations of US public health system, end progress, threaten worse to come
Americans are losing an array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy.
zurl.co
June 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
One thing the MAHA report is seriously missing: connection to reality. You can’t tackle chronic illness while gutting the workforce that prevents it. Health departments hollowed out, $11b of directed federal support pulled, 20k jobs at health agencies eliminated.
zurl.co/QUnUU
zurl.co/QUnUU
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Our #Alt sibling has a way with words. Perhaps many feel this way after this week. Thanks, @madhouser.altgov.info ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷
It’s Friday, it’s been a shitty week, and many of us in #Altgov are beginning to fray. I wrote this to honor the pain and the resilience that I see in my fellow Alts everyday. No doubt you can all relate to these feelings too. Everything is too much and nothing feels like enough. #Altpoetsociety
June 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Our #Alt sibling has a way with words. Perhaps many feel this way after this week. Thanks, @madhouser.altgov.info ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷
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If you are wondering why recently departed senior NIH officials are not speaking out more, there is a legal 1-year cooling off period for matters related to NIH.
Their silence should not be interpreted as complicity or cowardice, but rather respect for the rule of law.
Their silence should not be interpreted as complicity or cowardice, but rather respect for the rule of law.
a woman says " the law is the law " in front of her
ALT: a woman says " the law is the law " in front of her
media.tenor.com
June 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
If you are wondering why recently departed senior NIH officials are not speaking out more, there is a legal 1-year cooling off period for matters related to NIH.
Their silence should not be interpreted as complicity or cowardice, but rather respect for the rule of law.
Their silence should not be interpreted as complicity or cowardice, but rather respect for the rule of law.
Work at NCI or know someone who does? Are you a cancer researcher whose work impacted by the funding cuts? We'd like to start collecting stories about how RFKJ 🧠🪱 and JB are affecting you and what the future of NCI/NIH looks like for people who need a bit more education/awareness. Send us an anon DM
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ALT: a picture of a bald man with the words " i would very much like to hear your thoughts "
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June 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Work at NCI or know someone who does? Are you a cancer researcher whose work impacted by the funding cuts? We'd like to start collecting stories about how RFKJ 🧠🪱 and JB are affecting you and what the future of NCI/NIH looks like for people who need a bit more education/awareness. Send us an anon DM
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How are diverse cell types organized within tissue niches to maintain cohesive function? A recent study systematically identifies cross-tissue, co-occurring cellular modules and how these become rewired in disease. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪 🥽
Cross-tissue multicellular coordination and its rewiring in cancer - Nature
Comprehensive single-cell transcriptomic analysis of 35 human tissues reveals 12 cross-tissue coordinated cellular modules that exhibit intramodule communication and dynamic changes with ageing, and…
www.nature.com
June 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
How are diverse cell types organized within tissue niches to maintain cohesive function? A recent study systematically identifies cross-tissue, co-occurring cellular modules and how these become rewired in disease. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪 🥽
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“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ
June 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ
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Senate hearing on the FY26 NIH budget with Jay Bhattacharya
June 10, 10am ET
www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...
June 10, 10am ET
www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...
A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the National Institutes of Health | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
www.appropriations.senate.gov
June 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Senate hearing on the FY26 NIH budget with Jay Bhattacharya
June 10, 10am ET
www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...
June 10, 10am ET
www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...
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The Trump admin has illegally fired THOUSANDS of federal employees who work every day to deliver for the American people.
People like Keri in MD — whose work promoted US manufacturing & jobs, until she was fired. I shared her story in a hearing with Sec. Lutnick this morning:
People like Keri in MD — whose work promoted US manufacturing & jobs, until she was fired. I shared her story in a hearing with Sec. Lutnick this morning:
June 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The Trump admin has illegally fired THOUSANDS of federal employees who work every day to deliver for the American people.
People like Keri in MD — whose work promoted US manufacturing & jobs, until she was fired. I shared her story in a hearing with Sec. Lutnick this morning:
People like Keri in MD — whose work promoted US manufacturing & jobs, until she was fired. I shared her story in a hearing with Sec. Lutnick this morning:
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Xavier Beccera, HHS secretary in the pre-madness era before RFKJ, has broken his silence. 👇
Former HHS Chief Blasts Trump's Enablers, Says Policies Will Cost Lives
Enabling is 'how you end up with tyranny and dictatorship,' Xavier Becerra says
www.medpagetoday.com
June 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Xavier Beccera, HHS secretary in the pre-madness era before RFKJ, has broken his silence. 👇