Verolf

Just doin stuff and maybe someday I'll get it done

[Roses 🌹 @Roseforyou43]

Love language 💝🫶

[ScienceFocus @ScienceFocusonX]

Forget killing cancer cells. South Korea just figured out how to talk them back into being normal.

Scientists at KAIST in Daejeon have done something the world has been chasing for decades.

They found a molecular switch that flips cancer cells back into healthy cells.

No chemo. No radiation. No destroying anything.

Just… reversal.

Professor Kwang-Hyun Cho and his team caught cancer in the act. That tiny window where a normal cell is on the edge of turning malignant but hasn't fully crossed over yet. They call it the "critical transition" — the same kind of jump that happens when water hits 100°C and becomes steam.

In that split-second window, the cell is unstable. Normal and cancerous at the same time.

And that's exactly where they hit the switch.

In colon cancer trials, they targeted three master genes — MYB, HDAC2, and FOXA2 — and the cancer cells didn't die.

They went back to being healthy intestinal cells. Like nothing ever happened.

The team built a digital twin of the gene network to map every move a cell makes on its way to becoming cancerous. Then they reverse-engineered the path home.

Their paper landed in Advanced Science, published by Wiley.

It's still early. Lab trials and mice. Human treatment is years away.

But the idea of curing cancer without killing a single cell is no longer science fiction.

Source: KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), published in Advanced Science journal

[Ellesmere @EllesmereGaming]

My girlfriend, who is the most wonderful mother in the world, has become obsessed with Stardew. So for Mother's Day I wanted her to wake up on her Stardew farm 🩷🩷

[Jay @iHad2GoGetit]

You don’t need a perfect partner. You need someone who can regulate their emotions, admit when they fuck up, & actually sit with uncomfortable conversations without shutting down, flipping it on you, or throwing low blows every time shit gets real.

[Echo 🔆 @TheEcho13]

YOUR NEW DATING RULES:

• If they make you anxious more than they make you laugh, it is a no. No debating, no ‘seeing how it goes’.

• Stop dating potential. If they are not already living the values you care about, you are not a partner, you are a project manager.

• No more ‘situationships’. They know if they want you. Silence and vagueness are an answer.

• Stop explaining basic empathy. If they pretend they don’t understand why mocking you, scaring you, or stonewalling you is cruel, they are not emotionally behind, they are just comfortable harming you.

• Believe the pattern, not the apology. Repeated behaviors are a decision, not a mistake.

• If they can’t speak about past partners without contempt, they are telling you how they handle disappointment. One day, that will be your name in the sentence.

• If every conflict ends with you comforting them about how they are ‘not a bad person’, you are managing their feelings, not resolving the problem.

• Match effort, not excuses. If you’re putting work into making them feel loved while also begging to be acknowledged, you are not in the same relationship.

• Watch how your body feels after you see them. Energized and calm is a yes. Drained, small, or confused is a no, even if the chemistry is insane.

• Kindness is non-negotiable. So are respecting boundaries and treating you like they want to be with you. You are not difficult for expecting all three at the same time.

[Verolf @LostVerolf]

@chillbarkin @urfavcatpage for Easter? 🥰

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

The reality is....

[Brandon Luu, MD @BrandonLuuMD]

ADHD is closely linked to circadian rhythm dysfunction.

Growing evidence suggests that targeting circadian misalignment can meaningfully improve symptoms.

Grateful to Dr. Matt Walker for sharing our new study!
https://t.co/gqnqRt0s8G

[Sophia ❣️ @KeruboSk]

I Told my Therapist:

“I feel safest when I do everything alone.” She didn't even ask why. She just said, "That's not independence. That's grief. And I swear. I felt something in me break open.

Because it is grief, isn't it? Grief for every time you asked for help and no one showed up. Grief for being the child who had to hold it all together while everyone else fell apart. Grief for realizing way too young, that no one was ever really coming to save you. You didn't choose to be strong. You had to be.

[skye @oycantik]

dating someone who naturally brings out your playfulness, makes you laugh, never stops flirting with you, and loves you a little extra on the days you don’t feel lovable. it makes you feel so incredibly safe and secure, and that only makes you fall even more in love.

[Julia @Julia_CaSsian]

I tried to play the Ashes of Creation Steam early access, the game completely bugged out on the first ability i used. It's clearly not ready

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

The little one has grown up and very handsome.

[💞 @LowkeyEnergy_]

rent is 50% of our income.

[COCO @TWOTIMESABITCH]

my toxic trait is that i don’t feel any sense of accomplishment after achieving something. just a mild sense of relief that it's done.

[໊ @cdoll]

me when I'm not okay