Dr. Maartje Wouters

Freelance Medical and Science Writer | one of @thebiogirls | Editor @ScienceVsFN | PhD in Cancer Immunology |
#medicalwriter #medcomms #scicom

[ACIR @ACIR_org]

Our report for #KSCheckpoint24 is ready! Dive in here 👉https://t.co/zGNaMRUMHy. 
@KeystoneSymp @MDAndersonnews @JimAllisonPhD @dgsomucla @PamSharmaMDPhD @JudithAgudo1 (1/4)

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

It’s the greatest medical scandal of the 21st Century. Intransigent doctors and gullible journalists have made the lives of ME/CFS patients a living hell.
A massive and shocking story in this week’s column.
https://t.co/apoW7uFGJS

[ACIR @ACIR_org]

New gene signature to select patients not benefiting from PD-1 checkpoint blockade. 👉 Read our summary and interview with the researchers here: https://t.co/6yQmoYZ6fF  @KarlijnHum  @nki_nl

[ACIR @ACIR_org]

Take a look at our extensive coverage of #SITC23 👉 https://t.co/gbw17pXtiQ with talks from: @salkinstitute @Tcellogic @fredhutch @BullmanLab @umichmedicine @lynchielydia @BrighamWomens @FpkMd @TheHutchChapuis @LeyuanM @KoleRoybal @LUMC_Leiden

[ACIR @ACIR_org]

Effective anti-CTLA-4 treatment requires both CTLA-4 antagonism and Treg depletion. Read our summary here: https://t.co/TKyOG3Hlgk @mitbiology @thewittruplab

[Ed Yong is not here @edyong209]

🛑I wrote about what “fatigue” really means for people with long COVID and ME/CFS, and why this profoundly debilitating symptom is so often misunderstood and trivialized.

(This piece also covers PEM.) 1/

https://t.co/oFWb6Flyh0

[ACIR @ACIR_org]

Reprogramming tumor cells into dendritic cells. @lunduniversity. Read our summary and interview with the researchers here: https://t.co/eLIWdSKTHe

[ACIR @ACIR_org]

Rewiring tumor-reactive T cells to improve efficacy of ACT; by @Ludwig_Cancer  @CorriaJesus @OncoUNILCHUV. Read here 👉 https://t.co/28WP7VXWWw

[ACIR @ACIR_org]

Reprogramming tumors to present themselves to the immune system.
Read our digest here 👉 https://t.co/rD1RZ3GDre @stanfordMed @majetilab @mileslinde

[ACIR @ACIR_org]

Non-canonical splice junctions between exons and transposable elements (JETs) were recently found to be a source of tumor antigens in murine and patient samples https://t.co/888YfxjJ5L
@institut_curie @MarianneBurbage @Inserm @AntoMerlotti @YagoArribas @JoshWaterfall

[Dr. Maartje Wouters @Wouterville]

Post profile:
https://t.co/v1dsCYmEZc

[ACIR @ACIR_org]

Our extensive report on #SITC22 is ready 👉https://t.co/BLm8J3MS5q.
It includes talks from the following institutions and scientists: @MDAndersonNews @MGH_RI @broadinstitute @bengrbm @MSKCancerCenter @TheVinodLab @MITBiology @dimitrisskokos @MEBirnbaum @wusm_pathology 1/2

[Ed Yong is not here @edyong209]

🚨I wrote about ME/CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome). The US has millions of people with it & maybe two dozen docs who specialize in it.

This medical crisis needs urgent attention, esp. now COVID has hugely increased the number of long-haulers. 1/
https://t.co/TxURal8wCK

[ACIR @ACIR_org]

Alum-anchoring #interferons to improve efficacy @kochinstitute Read our summary and interview with the researchers here => https://t.co/igFk6xFZdS

[Ed Yong is not here @edyong209]

🚨I wrote about “brain fog”—one of the most common & disabling symptoms of long COVID (and many other pre-pandemic conditions), and one of the most misunderstood.

Here’s what brain fog actually is, and what it’s like to live with it. 1/

https://t.co/Gq8iylgfBr

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

Kids can get #longCOVID.

💬"You go through so many phases of up and down, it’s like being on a rollercoaster forever."

Kitty was a fit 14-year-old. She enjoyed ballet, paddleboarding, & running. Then she contracted #COVID19.

Read more👉 https://t.co/QFTwkN6kFy
@LongCovidKids

[Dr. Maartje Wouters @Wouterville]

@andresroca @agenceANRS @TestoniResearch @MPlissonnier @MicheletMaud Congrats!

[ACIR @ACIR_org]

Autoreactive T cells get removed by specialized thymus cells @michelson_da @harvardmed. Read our summary here => https://t.co/GTDI9XGNvF

[drherrling @drherrling]

I am a family doctor in BC. I see 30-40 patients per day (no lunch or coffee breaks, maybe time for a quick run to the bathroom), followed by a few hours of paperwork - charting, lab results, imaging reports, consults, insurance forms, pharmacy queries, urgent calls, etc.

[ACIR @ACIR_org]

Tying Il-12 onto T cells improves their #antitumor effects. Read our summary and interview with the researcher here => https://t.co/IOG9X6bn1l @RepertoireIM
@TL_Andresen