Kelly Loverock 🇨🇦
@kellyloverock.bsky.social
Comms specialist, patient-partner with Can-SOLVE CKD Network (cansolveckd.ca), expert finder of things, thrift shopping pro, #SciComm. She/her
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Hey Ottawa folks: I gave some kids' books to Twice Upon a Time and they said they've receved fewer donations than usual for this time of year. So if you have any kids' books in good condition, or time or money to spare, here's the info:
Donate - Twice Upon a Time
twiceuponatime.ca
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Hey Ottawa folks: I gave some kids' books to Twice Upon a Time and they said they've receved fewer donations than usual for this time of year. So if you have any kids' books in good condition, or time or money to spare, here's the info:
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More generally, wherever you are in the world: if you have kids’ toys, books, clothes or anything else in just-about-giftable condition that you were thinking of decluttering some time soon, please do it now, this week ideally, and get them to your local charity shop.
Hey Ottawa folks: I gave some kids' books to Twice Upon a Time and they said they've receved fewer donations than usual for this time of year. So if you have any kids' books in good condition, or time or money to spare, here's the info:
Donate - Twice Upon a Time
twiceuponatime.ca
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
More generally, wherever you are in the world: if you have kids’ toys, books, clothes or anything else in just-about-giftable condition that you were thinking of decluttering some time soon, please do it now, this week ideally, and get them to your local charity shop.
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Katherine Tuttle, MD, joins the JAMA Medical News podcast to discuss highlights from #KidneyWk.
➡️ Global estimates of chronic kidney disease (#CKD)
➡️ #SGLT2 inhibitors & fish oil for kidney protection
➡️ Treatment for kidney disease in #diabetes
Listen now: ja.ma/4oVEgEV
➡️ Global estimates of chronic kidney disease (#CKD)
➡️ #SGLT2 inhibitors & fish oil for kidney protection
➡️ Treatment for kidney disease in #diabetes
Listen now: ja.ma/4oVEgEV
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Katherine Tuttle, MD, joins the JAMA Medical News podcast to discuss highlights from #KidneyWk.
➡️ Global estimates of chronic kidney disease (#CKD)
➡️ #SGLT2 inhibitors & fish oil for kidney protection
➡️ Treatment for kidney disease in #diabetes
Listen now: ja.ma/4oVEgEV
➡️ Global estimates of chronic kidney disease (#CKD)
➡️ #SGLT2 inhibitors & fish oil for kidney protection
➡️ Treatment for kidney disease in #diabetes
Listen now: ja.ma/4oVEgEV
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My best Holiday Giving Guide yet, highlighting three superb nonprofits saving and transforming lives abroad and at home. And because of matches from @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social & others, each $1 from you means $4 reaches the nonprofits. Join in! Spread the word. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Opinion | Gifts That Save Lives
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
My best Holiday Giving Guide yet, highlighting three superb nonprofits saving and transforming lives abroad and at home. And because of matches from @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social & others, each $1 from you means $4 reaches the nonprofits. Join in! Spread the word. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
A growing number of people worldwide are now believed to have reduced kidney function, according to a new analysis. The number of affected individuals increased from 378 million in 1990 to 788 million in 2023.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
A silent kidney crisis is spreading faster than anyone expected
Chronic kidney disease has surged to nearly 800 million cases and is now among the top causes of death worldwide. The condition is heavily linked to diabetes, hypertension, and obesity, and often goes...
www.sciencedaily.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
A growing number of people worldwide are now believed to have reduced kidney function, according to a new analysis. The number of affected individuals increased from 378 million in 1990 to 788 million in 2023.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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Trust in science will increase when we stop all the money being used to fund anti-science political attacks and spread disinformation.
November 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Trust in science will increase when we stop all the money being used to fund anti-science political attacks and spread disinformation.
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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Dimension Bio wants to grow a simplified liver from cells grown to sustain patients long enough for a damaged liver recovers—or until a transplant arrives. f-st.co/JVrJB3O
This startup is growing mini-livers to keep patients alive
Dimension Bio wants to grow a simplified liver from cells to sustain patients long enough for a damaged liver to recover—or until a transplant arrives.
f-st.co
November 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Dimension Bio wants to grow a simplified liver from cells grown to sustain patients long enough for a damaged liver recovers—or until a transplant arrives. f-st.co/JVrJB3O
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Websites are rightly locking out AI crawlers from accessing their content. But their attempt to protect copyrighted material has corollary damage: misinformation sites, which don't, are polluting training data. My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91442627/mis...
Misinformation sites have an open-door policy for AI scrapers
A new study highlights the information pollution risks inherent in an AI-enabled world.
www.fastcompany.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Websites are rightly locking out AI crawlers from accessing their content. But their attempt to protect copyrighted material has corollary damage: misinformation sites, which don't, are polluting training data. My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91442627/mis...
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The 3 R’s: Recognition, remuneration and reimbursement of #PatientPartners in research.
Join Dr. Stuart Nicholas of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute for an insightful webinar on how to include people with lived experience in research.
📆 Nov 26
🕞 9am PST
Register: https://bit.ly/4r25UBz
Join Dr. Stuart Nicholas of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute for an insightful webinar on how to include people with lived experience in research.
📆 Nov 26
🕞 9am PST
Register: https://bit.ly/4r25UBz
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The 3 R’s: Recognition, remuneration and reimbursement of #PatientPartners in research.
Join Dr. Stuart Nicholas of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute for an insightful webinar on how to include people with lived experience in research.
📆 Nov 26
🕞 9am PST
Register: https://bit.ly/4r25UBz
Join Dr. Stuart Nicholas of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute for an insightful webinar on how to include people with lived experience in research.
📆 Nov 26
🕞 9am PST
Register: https://bit.ly/4r25UBz
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Our newest report details the state of science, technology, and innovation in Canada, including key drivers shaping the ecosystem, research expenditures, publications, patents, and innovation financing, and barriers and knowledge gaps. go.cca-reports.ca/4jPxfm0
The State of Science, Technology, and Innovation in Canada 2025
Over the last 20 years, the CCA has carried out a series of assessments evaluating...
go.cca-reports.ca
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Our newest report details the state of science, technology, and innovation in Canada, including key drivers shaping the ecosystem, research expenditures, publications, patents, and innovation financing, and barriers and knowledge gaps. go.cca-reports.ca/4jPxfm0
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These challenges include a worsening productivity crisis, a shifting relationship with its largest trading partner, stubbornly low private sector R&D spending, and lacklustre tech adoption across the economy. www.cca-reports.ca/canadas-inno...
Canada’s innovation performance continues to decline at a time of unprecedented change
Canada continues to fall further behind peers in key measures of science, technology, and innovation...
www.cca-reports.ca
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
These challenges include a worsening productivity crisis, a shifting relationship with its largest trading partner, stubbornly low private sector R&D spending, and lacklustre tech adoption across the economy. www.cca-reports.ca/canadas-inno...
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Over the last 20 years, the CCA has carried out a series of assessments evaluating Canada’s science, technology, and innovation performance, trends, and challenges. The State of Science, Technology, and Innovation in Canada 2025 is the latest report in our flagship series.
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Over the last 20 years, the CCA has carried out a series of assessments evaluating Canada’s science, technology, and innovation performance, trends, and challenges. The State of Science, Technology, and Innovation in Canada 2025 is the latest report in our flagship series.
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The report: go.cca-reports.ca/4jPxfm0
The State of Science, Technology, and Innovation in Canada 2025
Over the last 20 years, the CCA has carried out a series of assessments evaluating...
go.cca-reports.ca
November 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The report: go.cca-reports.ca/4jPxfm0
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Canada produces leading scientists but its research investment continues to decline. The gap with other countries is growing and experts say this is now a major concern. bit.ly/4i6WCQF
Canada’s research and scientific spending is declining relative to other nations, report says
Low rate of R&D investment plays key role in productivity crisis, according to Council of Canadian Academies
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Canada produces leading scientists but its research investment continues to decline. The gap with other countries is growing and experts say this is now a major concern. bit.ly/4i6WCQF
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Attending CSPC 2025? Don’t miss the opening plenary, Canada at a Crossroads: Science, Technology, and Innovation in a Changing World at 1:10pm, Wed Nov 19. @sciencepolicy.ca #CPSC2025 www.sciencepolicyconference.ca
CSPC – Canadian Science Policy Centre
Join the most comprehensive science and innovation policy conference in Canada
Date: November 19th-21st, 2025
Venue: The Westin Hotel Ottawa Register Now
Register before October 7th to re...
www.sciencepolicyconference.ca
November 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Attending CSPC 2025? Don’t miss the opening plenary, Canada at a Crossroads: Science, Technology, and Innovation in a Changing World at 1:10pm, Wed Nov 19. @sciencepolicy.ca #CPSC2025 www.sciencepolicyconference.ca
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Over the last 20 years we’ve carried out a series of assessments evaluating Canada’s S&T and innovation performance, the last of which was published in 2018. Next week, we’ll be releasing the latest report in our flagship series. go.cca-reports.ca/4jPxfm0
#Research #CdnSci #innovation
#Research #CdnSci #innovation
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Over the last 20 years we’ve carried out a series of assessments evaluating Canada’s S&T and innovation performance, the last of which was published in 2018. Next week, we’ll be releasing the latest report in our flagship series. go.cca-reports.ca/4jPxfm0
#Research #CdnSci #innovation
#Research #CdnSci #innovation
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Two new studies from @uhn.ca and collaborators, including the SickKids Research Institute, highlight how innovations like Ex Vivo Lung Profusion and subzero kidney preservation can expand donor organ availability and improve access to transplants.
🔗 : www.uhnresearch.ca/news/transpl...
🔗 : www.uhnresearch.ca/news/transpl...
October 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Two new studies from @uhn.ca and collaborators, including the SickKids Research Institute, highlight how innovations like Ex Vivo Lung Profusion and subzero kidney preservation can expand donor organ availability and improve access to transplants.
🔗 : www.uhnresearch.ca/news/transpl...
🔗 : www.uhnresearch.ca/news/transpl...
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"After three years of development, Maxim claims Nephrogen has succeeded in creating a delivery mechanism that is 100 times more efficient at transporting medicine to the kidney than the vehicles currently approved by the FDA." techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/b...
Biotech Nephrogen combines AI and gene therapy to reverse kidney disease — check it out at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 | TechCrunch
Latest
techcrunch.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"After three years of development, Maxim claims Nephrogen has succeeded in creating a delivery mechanism that is 100 times more efficient at transporting medicine to the kidney than the vehicles currently approved by the FDA." techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/b...
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How can Canada strike a balance between open science and research security?
@cca-reports.ca’s new report explores how researchers are adapting in a time of intensified great power competition. www.cca-reports.ca/reports/dual...
@cca-reports.ca’s new report explores how researchers are adapting in a time of intensified great power competition. www.cca-reports.ca/reports/dual...
Balancing Research Security and Open Science
Sensitive research is often of critical importance to innovation, defence, public health, and agriculture, and...
www.cca-reports.ca
October 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
How can Canada strike a balance between open science and research security?
@cca-reports.ca’s new report explores how researchers are adapting in a time of intensified great power competition. www.cca-reports.ca/reports/dual...
@cca-reports.ca’s new report explores how researchers are adapting in a time of intensified great power competition. www.cca-reports.ca/reports/dual...
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Experts reckon that fewer than 10% of people around the world who need a transplant get one. Pigs—easy to breed and with organs of roughly the right size—could ease that shortage
How pig organs may soon save lives
After a man lives nearly nine months with a pig kidney, two American firms are preparing clinical trials
econ.st
October 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Experts reckon that fewer than 10% of people around the world who need a transplant get one. Pigs—easy to breed and with organs of roughly the right size—could ease that shortage
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University of Miami #medical students are helping patients better understand the care they receive.
news.med.miami.edu/miller-schoo...
#MedSky #AImedicine #AI #HealthAI #AIinHealthcare #MedTech
news.med.miami.edu/miller-schoo...
#MedSky #AImedicine #AI #HealthAI #AIinHealthcare #MedTech
Miller School of Medicine Students Bridge a Critical Health Literacy Gap with Innovation - InventUM
Four Miller School students have developed an AI-driven health education platform designed to personalize medical information.
news.med.miami.edu
October 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
University of Miami #medical students are helping patients better understand the care they receive.
news.med.miami.edu/miller-schoo...
#MedSky #AImedicine #AI #HealthAI #AIinHealthcare #MedTech
news.med.miami.edu/miller-schoo...
#MedSky #AImedicine #AI #HealthAI #AIinHealthcare #MedTech
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🧵 Our latest report, Balancing Research Security and Open Science, is now available! go.cca-reports.ca/3KPUnob 🧪
October 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
🧵 Our latest report, Balancing Research Security and Open Science, is now available! go.cca-reports.ca/3KPUnob 🧪
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‘The cars just turn them into mush’: can Britain’s toads be saved from traffic and terrible decline?
‘The cars just turn them into mush’: can Britain’s toads be saved from traffic and terrible decline?
Since 1985, the country’s toad population has almost halved, with hundreds of thousands killed on the roads each year. But many people are determined to protect them – including 274 dedicated patrol groups
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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