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Human brains recognize the voices of our Chimpanzee cousins [via UNIGE] 🧪🥼🚶‍♀️🧠👂🦍🔉💡

"certain vocal processing skills are shared between humans and great apes, and therefore predate the emergence of articulate language."

www.unige.ch/medias/en/20...

#human #brain #ape #calls #recognition #evolution
December 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Share this with a colleague. This org does grants for academic moms to help with things like childcare at a conference, covering unpaid days off with a sick kiddo, or just getting through a rough patch.

We need more stuff like this.

🧪 #WomenInSTEM #BlueSci #SciMom

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Academic Mamas Foundation
Join us at Academic Mamas, empowering mothers in academia worldwide. Access innovative programs and resources to thrive in an inclusive community. Celebrate the unique challenges and triumphs of…
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December 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Frikkin amazing stuff.
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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February 10, 2024 at 3:08 PM
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Food allergies may start with skin reactions, which reshape gut immunity and drive mast cell activation during subsequent exposures.

by Lukacs NW and Hogan SP in Nat Rev Immunol #MedSky

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Food allergy: begin at the skin, end at the mast cell? - Nature Reviews Immunology
In this Review the authors explain how different routes of exposure to food antigens can contribute to the development of food allergies. They discuss how allergic sensitization occurs against food antigens and focus on how IgE and mast cells ultimately drive the allergic pathology.
www.nature.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Anecdotally people are presenting sicker as well. I wonder how much of this is attributable to much lower vaccination coverage rates than during the peak of the pandemic. Adult uptake in the US stalled at 21% last year. I predict it will be lower this year.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
COVID-19 is spreading again — how serious is it and what are the symptoms?
Limited COVID-19 surveillance data are hampering vaccination and health strategies, researchers say.
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Microglial synaptic pruning connects Alzheimer’s disease and epilepsy, uncovering a potential therapeutic target for their comorbidity.

by Li H, Xie Z (...) Ji X et 13 al. in Mol Psychiatry #MedSky

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Genome-wide consensus transcriptional signatures identify synaptic pruning linking Alzheimer’s disease and epilepsy - Molecular Psychiatry
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www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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October 31, 2025 at 6:37 AM
🌍 Today is World Evidence-Based Healthcare Day! 🩺💙

Every year on October 20, healthcare professionals around the world come together to celebrate and reflect on the importance of evidence-based practice the foundation of safe, effective, and high-quality care.
October 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Genomically matched therapies boost response rates and progression-free survival in advanced solid tumors compared to standard treatments, ROME trial shows.

by Marchetti P, Curigliano G (...) Botticelli A et 43 al. in Nat Med #MedSky

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Genomically matched therapy in advanced solid tumors: the randomized phase 2 ROME trial - Nature Medicine
In the proof-of-concept phase 2 ROME trial, comprehensive genomic profiling followed by molecular tumor board evaluation and randomization of patients with metastatic solid cancer to receive personalized therapy or standard of care led to a significantly higher objective response rate and longer progression-free survival in patients who received personalized therapy.
www.nature.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Cannabis extract VER-01 significantly alleviates chronic low back pain, demonstrating sustained effects and good tolerance in a phase 3 trial.

by Karst M, Meissner W (...) Häuser W et 3 al. in Nat Med #MedSky

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Full-spectrum extract from Cannabis sativa DKJ127 for chronic low back pain: a phase 3 randomized placebo-controlled trial - Nature Medicine
A phase 3 trial found that VER-01, a full-spectrum cannabis extract, reduces chronic low back pain, improves physical function and sleep and shows no signs of dependence or withdrawal.
www.nature.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Breakthroughs like this remind you why science matters, not for headlines, but for the families who’ve been waiting their whole lives to hear this.

Nb: it's not peer reviewed yet, but it's promising news

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time - BBC News
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM