@mistyphd
Neuroscientist studying epilepsy and its comorbidities, Pharmacologist, Caregiver for my Mom (Alzheimer’s & Epilepsy), Progressive Democrat, Devoted Pet Mom, In my free time (what’s that?) fan of SPN & TWD, Follower of #neuroskyence
Excited about media coverage for our new paper on how we fail to teach future physicians about disability: news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025...
www.statnews.com/2025/01/16/a...
#DisabilityInclusion #MedEd #HealthEquity #DisabilityCurriculum @docswithdisability.bsky.social
UPDATE: The Phase 1 GALLOP study evaluating the investigational therapy, CB-010, for treatment of #lupus nephritis has launched. Read the announcement:
“To those feeling despair: remember, every step toward progress in American history came after the darkness of defeat. Abolitionists, suffragettes, Dreamers, and marchers for civil rights and marriage equality all faced impossible odds, but they persisted. Now it is our turn.”
Elizabeth Warren
as usual, everyone should be listening to Elizabeth Warren
I have so much respect and love for Elizabeth Warren, now more than ever.
If you need support, inspiration, or help calming your fears, I urge you to read her OpEd on how we move forward.
#democracy #resist #demcast
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Who knew? CBD is effective for dental pain.
"After 3 hours, both CBD10 and CBD20 achieved a 73% reduction in pain scores versus a 33% reduction for the placebo."
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I loved this post on FB by Alt National Park Service so i thought I’d share
"More than 40 people with lupus worldwide have now undergone CAR-T-cell therapy, and most have gone into drug-free remission. It is too early to declare any of these patients cured for life, but that now seems within the realm of possibility."
#GiftLink 🎁
We are on the verge of *curing* cancer, across the board, alongside lupus and countless other diseases, with mnRNA vaccines. And RFKjr, the rapey sexpest roadkill king, will take that away. Millions will die. Make Polio Great Again. Just get more sunshine and eat your greens.
CAR-T therapy seems to work for lupus.
#ShareGoodNewsToo
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Good morning, Bluesky. Today’s #GoodMorningNews: a genetic therapy is being trialled in the UK as a potential cure for lupus. It’s already led to remission for German patients in an earlier trial. amp.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Love this quote: “Every step toward progress in American history came after the darkness of defeat. Abolitionists, suffragettes, Dreamers & marchers for civil rights & marriage equality all faced impossible odds, but they persisted. Now it is our turn to… get back in the fight.”
- Elizabeth Warren
Vaporized 1:2 THC:CBD flower is shown to be quite effective for migaine relief.
THC-only and CBD-only flower weren't.
It probably wouldn't hurt to keep a 'migraine blend' handy next to the dry herb vape.
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This study "identified THCVA as the main cannabinoid responsible for antibacterial activity"
The popular kids, THC & CBD are having their day, but the new kids are pretty cool, too 🌱🤙
#CannabinoidMedicine
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Here's a just-published table of the new world of manufactured cannabinoids (HHC, THCO, etc.) It's great but too big to display well on mobile screens. It needs a big screen.🤙
jcannabisresearch.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
The difference between Humans and Animals.
I didn't expect to wake up to over 2K followers. So let me reintroduce myself: Black woman, Black feminist academic. I write about racism, misogynoir and more. I teach issues of social inequality. I also love star trek and books 📚
Welcome to the ride!
I hope I’m in the starter pack for short and sassy left wing feminist screenwriters with a caboose that just won’t quit
pls go re-read all the books you hated in school. i swear once the frontal lobe has developed its a whole new story w/ a wildly different perspective.
you owe it to yourself. go re-read animal farm, 1984, gatsby, night, mockingbird
theyre great literaty works for a reason
pls 💙📚
i am doing a tutorial on bluesky
Listen to the better angels of your nature… You’re our best hope. iwillvote.com
I support the swiftie x migration. Welcome to bluesky everyone. Don't go back. Follow lot's of people, make lists, introduce yourselves, add good bio descriptors and you will be fine here. It's nice.
Throughout Europe (and, to a lesser extent, the United States) in the 1930s, scientists were becoming increasingly cognizant of the interpenetration of scientific research and the sociopolitical structures in which science was embedded. The “Social Relations of Science” (SRS) movement (sometimes referred to as “the visible college”) in the United Kingdom was at the vanguard, spearheaded by prominent leftist scientists like J. D. Bernal, J. B. S. Haldane, Lancelot Hogben, Joseph Needham, and others.29 The SRS movement openly advocated for socialism as the only plausible societal structure in which science and technology could freely advance to serve the needs of the people.30 In pursuit of this vision (and mobilized by the threat of fascism sweeping through Europe), the SRS movement urged scientists to become politically and socially engaged. Bernal’s landmark book, The Social Function of Science (1939), elaborated on this perspective, arguing for the necessity of extracurricular social action under the looming shadow of the Second World War:
![The great Nazi myth of race superiority and the [fascist] necessity for military struggle have to be given a scientific basis, and the whole of biology, psychology, and the social sciences need to be distorted for this purpose…It is easy for a scientist, in what is still a bourgeois democracy, to look with superior horror at what is happening to science under Fascism [in Germany and Italy]. But the fate of science in his own country is at the moment still hanging in the balance and it depends on factors quite outside the scope of science itself. Unless the scientist is aware of these factors and knows how to use his weight in influencing them, his position is simply that of the sheep awaiting his turn with the butcher.31](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:misyogthncmyejlvlflkvjbh/bafkreieqkiwycorvfpdbuebfuuhca5pgvsfyakrfodmhjjgu7q7yntdcl4)
The great Nazi myth of race superiority and the [fascist] necessity for military struggle have to be given a scientific basis, and the whole of biology, psychology, and the social sciences need to be distorted for this purpose…It is easy for a scientist, in what is still a bourgeois democracy, to look with superior horror at what is happening to science under Fascism [in Germany and Italy]. But the fate of science in his own country is at the moment still hanging in the balance and it depends on factors quite outside the scope of science itself. Unless the scientist is aware of these factors and knows how to use his weight in influencing them, his position is simply that of the sheep awaiting his turn with the butcher.31
Bernal’s call was not for scientists to demurely participate in the existing order, but for organized defense—and, if necessary, rebellion—against political forces that threatened science as an engine for improving the human condition. Bernal himself was known for putting his words into practice: he founded the Association of Scientific Workers (one of the earliest attempts at forming a scientific trade union) and “For Intellectual Liberty,” a group of UK-based scientists and writers opposed to fascism. Bernal and Haldane were also a frequent presence in the anti-fascist bloc that fought in the streets against Oswald Mosley’s fascist uprising.32 For biologists, geneticists, and anthropologists in particular, these anti-fascist convictions often had a direct connection to their own scholarly research.
Altogether, the activist-scientists in the United States and the United Kingdom during this era embraced a multimodal approach to combating weaponized science that included political advocacy, labor organizing, metascientific research, street protests, and tireless science communication, education, and journalism. Importantly, these activities transcended the boundaries of scholarly disciplines and the chasm between scientists and the public. The parallel experience of activist-scientists in occupied France, where militancy had become the only option, was a conspicuous reminder of what was at stake if weaponized science was allowed to spread uncontested.
I suspect we're heading toward a period where science will be further co-opted for transphobia, eugenics, & racism. All the more important to repost @jedidiahcarlson.com's great article about far-right co-option & the radical scientists of the past. magazine.scienceforthepeople.org/online/sprea...
In a recent study, researchers modified CAR-T immune cells from donors to fight autoimmune diseases in other individuals.
Daniel Baker, a PhD student at University of Pennsylvania, joins us to discuss the research and what it could mean for future treatments.
Today marks Science Friday’s 33rd broadcast anniversary.
To celebrate, we’re revisiting an interview with the late neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks, in which he discusses the relationship between music and the brain.
At last, there's a searchable directory of Bluesky starter packs, courtesy of @mubashariqbal.com! Just one more way third-party developers are helping to make this place better.
Search starter packs by keyword, and sort by "Uses" to see which ones people are finding the most helpful
Hello new comers (waves to Swifties, Black Twitter, and Science Peeps), we adopt little black rescue terriers, my lab is interested in the role of neuroinflammation on seizure disorders and we look for new therapies for people with drug resistant epilepsy. Sadly, we lost Tank to cancer this july.