Nick Bennett

ID pharmacist bringing common sense solutions to health care. Making mistakes & learning daily. Working genius: creative dreamer.

[Nick Bennett @nbennett04]

So true

[Pushmeet Kohli @pushmeet]

When I was asked by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences to write an essay on my thoughts on how AI will accelerate Science, I felt honored but also felt that it would require a lot of thoughtfulness and diligence to distill my thoughts on paper.

The essay has now been published and I cannot be more thankful to the @americanacad and @GoogleDeepMind teams for their feedback and encouragement during the process.

Key reflections from my essay:
🔭 AI is our newest revolutionary lens: Just as the telescope and microscope expanded our physical perception, AI is extending our cognitive reach, allowing us to decipher the immense complexity of the data-universe.
🧬 The rise of "machine intuition": AI is not just a computational engine. By detecting hidden structures across disciplines—from protein folding to extremal combinatorics—it acts as an ultimate bridge, accelerating the interdisciplinary breakthroughs that modern science depends on.
🏗️ From puzzle-solvers to architects of questions: As we transition toward open-ended, agentic AI systems that actively generate novel hypotheses, the burden of reasoning is shifting. We are evolving from being the solvers of intricate puzzles into the architects of profound scientific questions.
✨ Expanding human potential: AI won't replace scientists; it expands what we can imagine and achieve. Just as the telescope didn't make astronomers obsolete, AI is giving us the stars.

Read the full essay here: https://t.co/LCoF7ds7WZ

[Paul Sax @PaulSaxMD]

An Oral Preventive Strategy for Covid-19 that Actually Works | NEJM Voices @NEJM @NEJMClinician https://t.co/MnlMsIbPtp

[Nick Bennett @nbennett04]

@pmarca Yup

[Pat Forde @ByPatForde]

Garbage.

[Nick Bennett @nbennett04]

Still feel like this every time I have to work on my laptop vs dual screens.

[Nick Bennett @nbennett04]

@PaulSaxMD @NEJM @NEJMClinician Fresenius’s generic became available in Feb followed by Long Grove Pharmaceuticals in March (or close to that timeline). I’ll bet @jeffpears0n can assist! Ceftaroline is another one that hit the market this year.

[Nick Bennett @nbennett04]

@PaulSaxMD @NEJM @NEJMClinician Always a fantastic read @PaulSaxMD. 👏 Good news—dalbavancin cost is coming down with multiple generic market entrants.

[Nick Bennett @nbennett04]

@mcuban Not at all. It’s an amazing tool that requires domain-specific design and curation. Which is partly why it hasn’t cause the job collapse some predicted.

[Nick Bennett @nbennett04]

@unusual_whales I’ve become more productive since using it regularly.

[Nick Bennett @nbennett04]

@Jason I’m in

[Nick Bennett @nbennett04]

Which begs the question—what exactly is the role of clindamycin in 2026?

[Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @ABsteward]

🔥 Late Breakers
SNAP platform RCT| Adjunctive Clindamycin in S.aureus bacteraemia
❌ No mortality benefit
90d mortality:16.9% vs 15.2% aOR 1.16 (CrI cross 1)
📊PPSup(~7%)→Futility threshold reached
⚠️ICU subgp:numerically worse with clinda
⚖️CDAD:no # (~2%)😯
#ESCMIDGlobal2026

[Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @ABsteward]

🔥 Late Breakers
SNAP platform RCT| Adjunctive Clindamycin in S.aureus bacteraemia
❌ No mortality benefit
90d mortality:16.9% vs 15.2% aOR 1.16 (CrI cross 1)
📊PPSup(~7%)→Futility threshold reached
⚠️ICU subgp:numerically worse with clinda
⚖️CDAD:no # (~2%)😯
#ESCMIDGlobal2026

[Nick Bennett @nbennett04]

@bryan_p_white @IDstewardship @UMMCPharmacy @blandman19 @iamahawkins I’m not aware of any. Any specific concerns or just looking for structured guidance?

[Nick Bennett @nbennett04]

Most teams don't need more people. They need better processes and strategy.

[Travis Akers 🇺🇸 @travisakers]

A Swiss photographer named Tobias Messereli captured this amazing picture of the sun setting perfectly behind a tree. It’s absolutely spectacular!

📸: TMPhoto

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Consider yourself very lucky to get these calls

[Nick Bennett @nbennett04]

@SMB_Attorney Joking, right? Right?!

[College Basketball Report @CBKReport]

Bennett Stirtz has one turnover in Iowa’s Elite Eight run.

He has played 120 minutes and brought the ball up in nearly every Iowa possession.

Dawg.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Cancer vaccines are showing marked efficacy vs refractory cancers and are going to be part of the future Rx armamentarium. Beyond that, ultimately, for prevention in high-risk individuals.
A new stellar review @NatureMedicine
https://t.co/PhtdZDtSBl

[Keith Siau @drkeithsiau]

A single course of antibiotics can disrupt your gut microbiome for up to 8 YEARS, according to this new Nature Medicine study 💊🤯

Avoid antibiotics unless absolutely necessary and consider taking probiotics to counteract these effects.