Julie Turner

[UNC Lineberger @UNC_Lineberger]

A new study, led by researchers in the lab of Blossom Damania, PhD, has identified a new therapeutic target for difficult-to-treat cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

“Our research indicates that targeting a single enzyme may offer a more effective approach for the treatment of EBV-positive NHL," said Maria White, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in the Damania lab and lead author on the paper.
https://t.co/gf28EOAgll

[Julie Turner @rhad44]

@UNC_Lineberger Congrats @DamaniaLab !!!

[Cancers MDPI @Cancers_MDPI]

📢Excited to share the first publication of the #SpecialIssue “Oncogenesis of Lymphoma”:
Title: Molecular Mechanisms of Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (HHV8)-Related Lymphomagenesis
by Caroline J. Yu @carolinejyu_ and Blossom Damania @DamaniaLab
🔗https://t.co/aUWfeoV60S

[nature @Nature]

A model of a membrane called the blood–brain barrier could transform how scientists study drug delivery to the brain, as well as diseases of the brain’s vascular network https://t.co/Bpd5zp5FJp

[Sporting Virologist @pucksandviruses]

For those interested in working with poliovirus and enteroviruses at CDC:

https://t.co/KBBhWYCTQu

[Science Katy @katy_robeck]

Amazing talk by @DamaniaLab today at #IHW2023
Elegant work and recently published in @NatureComms

https://t.co/NTrmkj0uR4

[Reviewer Number 3 @thirdreviewer]

Happy to recommend an R&R: Reject and Re-examine your life choices

[Carrboro High School Habitat for Humanity Club @CHS_HabitatClub]

This weekend the CHS Habitat club participated in Rake-a-Thon. We raked multiple houses to fundraise for @orangehabitat @Habitat_org
Thanks to all our @CHSJaguars who came out to help!

[Ramya Ramaswami @ramya_ramaswami]

Day 2 of #ICMH2022 begins with #KSHV session - starts with Dr. Damania @DamaniaLab exploring how EBV and KSHV modulate host immunity - studying the interaction of these viruses and cGAS-STING pathway. Novel work presented and seminal 2015 paper here: https://t.co/Ev4PlCjLY0

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

New on the bivalent BA.5 vaccine booster immune response in people
No better neutralizing antibody response to BA.5 than the original vaccine (WT)
https://t.co/QT5emKLFXz

[Blossom Damania 🔬🧬🧪🦠🧫 @DamaniaLab]

Wonderful tribute to Dr. Enrique Mesri @theNCI 18th International Conference on Malignancies in HIV/AIDS. Thanks to Ethel and Omar for this poignant tribute and thanks to Geraldina Dominguez and Bob Yarchoan for organizing.

https://t.co/zM71DW1hpA

@ecesarman @betaherpesvirus

[Reviewer Number 3 @thirdreviewer]

when I didn’t like your paper but couldn’t be bothered to give actual arguments https://t.co/13BFKFhsoi

[Liz Szabo @LizSzabo]

“Now that we know that Epstein-Barr is very tightly linked to MS, we could save a lot of lives if we develop the vaccine now,” ⁦@DamaniaLab⁩ said, “rather than wait 10 years” until every question is answered. @cnn ⁦@KHNews⁩ https://t.co/QUqop6Zlg9

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

Herpesviruses, including Epstein-Barr, have “evolved with us for millions of years,” said @DamaniaLab, a @UNC virologist. “They know all your body’s secrets.”

📝: @LizSzabo https://t.co/KripYCIoNL

[Liz Szabo @LizSzabo]

“Now that we know that Epstein-Barr is very tightly linked to MS, we could save a lot of lives if we develop the vaccine now,” said @DamaniaLab, “rather than wait 10 years” until every question is answered. https://t.co/SzPG06xLuI via @khnews

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

The immune evasion is more extensive for BA.4/5 than BA.2.12.1 variant, raising the possibility that the former can out-compete the latter. Only one clinically available monoclonal antibody (bebtelovimab) has full potency against these Omicron subvariants
https://t.co/IKqSKtzdR6

[UNC School of Medicine @UNC_SOM]

Unlike coronavirus, monkeypox infection, likely, induces sterilizing immunity for decades. Hence, even worldwide, this outbreak will, in all probability, be short-lived. Read @newsobserver op-ed from Dr. Dirk Dittmer and Dr. Blossom Damania.

https://t.co/0VHFzUNb37

[UNC School of Medicine @UNC_SOM]

Dr. Blossom Damania, @UNC_Health_Care virologist, talks with @WRALTV about the first reported case of #monkeypox in the U.S. and why we don't need to be alarmed.

https://t.co/n6BOJvZz6W

[Blossom Damania 🔬🧬🧪🦠🧫 @DamaniaLab]

Vaccination against smallpox was halted in 1980- it was a very effective vaccine against smallpox and also offered 85% protection against monkeypox. Monkeypox virus infection was predicted to increase as smallpox vaccine protection drops in the human population globally.

[Robin Roberts @RobinRoberts]

Next on @GMA…we have the latest on the FDA’s decision to authorize that booster dose of the #Pfizer vaccine for kids 5-11-years old and @DrJAshton joins LIVE to share what parents should know before taking their kids to get a third shot.