Benjamin Durand

Clinical trial coordinator at the Royal Marsden Hospital. With a special interest on translational research. My own views.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

As nurses vote for historic strike action, let's recognise the immense contribution that people from around the world have made to the NHS.

Our health service would not exist without an international workforce. They deserve our full support.
https://t.co/V9TO4SBSU1

[Sarcoma UK @Sarcoma_UK]

Thousands of people a year are diagnosed with sarcoma, but what are the numbers?

We’ve produced new infographics to show how many people were diagnosed with the main subtypes in England in 2019.

For more on the data, what it means, and why its important: https://t.co/mr3PziJXG3

[Benjamin Durand @ben_durnd]

PD-1 Blockade in Mismatch Repair–Deficient, Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer | NEJM https://t.co/3NkcB8dYyr

[Benjamin Durand @ben_durnd]

Working on a 24th of December is also hitting a 67% rate of "Out of Office" replies when you send an email.

[The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust @royalmarsdenNHS]

A big thank you from one of our patients and their family goes to the Sarcoma team, who work hard everyday to save and improve lives.

[NIHR Royal Marsden BRC with @ICRLondon and CRF @RMresearch_]

Happy 1st December! 🎄

It's the first day of our research #AdventCalendar, celebrating all the clinical #cancerresearch happening at @royalmarsdenNHS @ICR_London @cancerBRC

Find out more about our research portfolio behind door number 1 👇 #FutureofCancer

[Kit Yates @Kit_Yates_Maths]

A short thread on positivity and cases in the UK.
TL;DR Cases are rocketing in the UK.
On only 15 days previously have we recorded higher numbers of cases than yesterday.
Rising in Eng, Wales and NI, but falling in Scotland.
Rising in all age groups (even over 60s).
1/10

[Benjamin Durand @ben_durnd]

Congratulations!!!

[EORTC @EORTC]

@EORTC transitions in a new governance! We are pleased to announce that Professor Winette van der Graaf is the new EORTC President-Elect.

More information on the new governance here:
👉https://t.co/fhKht2Xhu1

@Winette_vdGraaf

[social.praxis.nyc/@nonlinear @nonlinear]

Moderna HIV vaccine to begin trials.
HIV.
Vaccine.
Using mRNA technology.

This is amazing. We should all invest in science.

https://t.co/FRBqm3E1DW

[Mahjabin Noroozi @Mahjabinno]

This is the most detailed model of a human cell to date, obtained using x-ray, NMR and cryoelectron microscopy datasets.

“Cellular landscape cross-section through a eukaryotic cell.”
- by Evan Ingersoll and Gael McGill.

https://t.co/YERCmdIJXH

[Benjamin Durand @ben_durnd]

3 years on the job today! And still happy to come to the office even in the middle of a pandemic. Must be a good sign! #NHSAnniversary

[c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance]

The fly gene of the day:
INDY, which codes for a protein homologous to mammalian sodium dicarboxylate cotransporter resulting in greater longevity in #Drosophila.

INDY is an acronym:
I'm
Not
Dead
Yet.

A reference to Monty Python.

Bunch of frickin' #Nerds, man.

[Benjamin Durand @ben_durnd]

Dire but necessary listen on the struggle of getting cancer treatment during the COVID-19 outbreak: https://t.co/kWHc5odhUE

[Nature Portfolio @NaturePortfolio]

Hydroxychloroquine shows no substantial antiviral activity in cynomolgus macaques infected with SARS-CoV-2 regardless of the timing of treatment initiation, either before infection, soon after infection or late after infection, according to a Nature paper. https://t.co/YIVwSigxSi

[The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust @royalmarsdenNHS]

July is #sarcomaawarenessmonth. Our Sarcoma unit is one of the largest soft tissue sarcoma units in Europe, find out more here
- https://t.co/koZTlRgYN5

[Matthew Hodson @Matthew_Hodson]

97% of people with diagnosed #HIV in the UK are on treatment.
97% of those are undetectable, which means we can’t pass it on during sex (#UequalsU).
As a result new cases of HIV have dropped dramatically.
Our NHS delivers!
#ThankYouTogether #NHSBirthday
https://t.co/tMW8kQ82c2

[Benjamin Durand @ben_durnd]

This is such a brilliant and comprehensive explanation of what Sarcoma is and is definitely worth a listen. Thank you @BBC3CR and @Sarcoma_UK for spreading the word! https://t.co/EGh6HRvQ6o #SarcomaWontWait

[Sarcoma UK @Sarcoma_UK]

Sarcoma won't wait.

Join us from Monday for Sarcoma Awareness Week 2020.

➡️ Launch of report on Early Diagnosis
➡️ Fundraising in lockdown
➡️ The Community Catch
➡️ and more

Join in. Let's push things forward. #SarcomaWontWait

https://t.co/pm5ZBRyXre

[Bradley Price @BradleyJPrice]

Today marks the start of Sarcoma Awareness Week, where this year @Sarcoma_UK launches its first policy report, pledging to improve early diagnosis in sarcoma 1/ [thread] #SAW #SarcomaWontWait
https://t.co/KVfhxGHF2G

[c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance]

We should probably address a key distinction in research on SARS-CoV-2:
The METHOD used often changes the ANSWER we get.

METHODS:
viral RNA tests
viral antigen tests
infectious particle tests
host antibody tests
host clinical measures or biomarkers