Humanity spoke thousands of languages at the dawn of farming — now many of them are lost. Language as a metaphor for cultural diversity? Or even ideas? Read the original article: https://t.co/8siQuxpIWi https://t.co/0pB9ZElhYK
The rise of evidence-based medicine and the ‘mavericks’ who championed it https://t.co/6jC6W8Lsas
A reminder of the critical role of evidence in good medicine.
Wow! Marked reduction of LDL cholesterol with one shot PCSK9 gene base editing 👉🏼In Vivo Base Editing of PCSK9 with VERVE-102 for Hypercholesterolemia | New England Journal of Medicine @NEJM@skathire 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
https://t.co/IyEudrD8wV
Today, on #InternationalNursesDay, we celebrate the extraordinary nurses at Peter Mac and beyond.
Our #nurses provide some of the most specialised cancer care in the world - constantly pushing the boundaries of what exceptional cancer care looks like.
Peter Mac is set to become the first centre to treat a patient under a new PBS-funded CAR T-cell therapy program for multiple myeloma — marking a major step forward for patients with limited options.
More: https://t.co/Jd7pfYMvTR
”Failure is really important. Experiments don't have to succeed.”
Medicine laureate Richard Roberts shares some of his best advice to young students about staying creative, being true to yourself and listening to nature – which can lead to discoveries.
Roberts shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Phillip Sharp for their discoveries of split genes.
Watch the full conversation: https://t.co/G6sOXqQHqU
There’s a Revolution in Cancer. But Can Big Pharma Afford It?
Revolution Medicines could soon launch a pancreatic-cancer drug. Its stock may already be beyond what established pharmaceutical firms can pay cc @Aiims1742@DavidHongMD
https://t.co/uaCMSaOhFd
Genome pioneer Craig Venter dies: here’s how he transformed science. I can't forget his talk to our Big Ideas seminary series last year. Vale. https://t.co/3wdvT3GvKI
This is a saddening turn in the remarkable story around this manuscript.
This paper achieved unseen popular attention and its content was positioned as a new hope for patients with #PancreaticCancer - the lack of transparency is concerning.
A man spends 50 years teaching at MIT.
He knows his time is running out.
So he records one last lecture — everything he knows, distilled into a single hour.
He died 5 months later.
This is that lecture.
The most important hour you'll watch this week. 👇
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