Emily (Emilia) Arturo, PhD

Check out the new format of the #BloodPodcast! Short conversation between our podcast editors and senior authors of recently published work in the #BloodJournal.

Our 2025 Maternal Health Compendium is live! It's an updated collection of articles that highlight the latest research and innovations aiming to close gaps in maternal health care and improve outcomes for patients. Check it out here: ashpublications.org/bloodadvance... #maternalhealth

The JI and @immunohorizons.bsky.social are looking for a biostatistics editor! This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the advancement of immunological research by ensuring the statistical rigor and methodological soundness of published work. Learn more: ow.ly/qYic50Xmu4V.

Thank you for visiting our booth at #ISTH2025! Tag us in your photos!
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New episode of Blood podcast is out! A slightly different format, just under 10 minutes, perfect for filling that little pocket of time you have anywhere in your day!

#DonateBlood if you can, when you can:
🩸whole blood (any blood type),
🩸power blood (any blood type, there are height and weight minimums),
🩸platelet (all except O negative), and
🩸plasma (AB types)

More details are available @americanredcross.bsky.social and www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood...

NIH Centers Slashed, Consolidated in Leaked HHS Budget Document It's the first clear picture of how the Trump administration would like to reshape HHS

Super sad turn of events. The budget proposal would eliminate the #NCCIH, which funds some of the trickiest research to do that focuses exactly on the question the new NIH director said was most important: understanding #ChronicDisease.
www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

“When I’m 64”: functional shift of aging platelets In this issue of Blood, Anjum et al1 elegantly show that aging platelets shift their functional profile from hemostatic to inflammatory. Platelets, the blo

Ever get lost (IN A GOOD WAY) in an article that's outside of your field? This was it for me today. How much do YOU know about platelets?? Excellently written Blood Commentary in the recent issue of #BloodJournal from @bloodportfolio.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1182/bloo...

Sickle cell trait does not cause “sickle cell crisis” leading to exertion-related death: a systematic review buff.ly/zcGQyBq #hemesky #clinicaltrialsandobservations #redcellsironanderythropoiesis #SCD

Really excellent recent episode of the #BloodPodcast, originally posted Feb 13 if you want to follow on your favorite podcast player. #hemesky @bloodjournal.bsky.social from @ash.hematology.org

The full resignation letter
"the unprecedented assault on scientific truth that has adversely impacted public health in our nation"

Trump Asks Stefanik to Withdraw Bid to Be U.N. Ambassador The president said he wanted the New York Republican to stay in Congress to bolster the party’s slim House margin and protect her seat.

Rewording a bit:

[Yet another] woman must forego job opportunities and promotion to stay home for the sake of the household.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...

The Impact of Microgravity on Immunological States Abstract. As we explore other planetary bodies, astronauts will face unique environmental and physiological challenges. The human immune system has evolved

In the wake of news that the stranded astronauts have returned to Earth, here is one of my favorite @immunohorizons.bsky.social 'On the Horizon' articles. It summarizes what we know and what's left to learn about the impact of #microgravity on the #ImmuneSystem: journals.aai.org/immunohorizo...

Request to my scientist network for suggested peer reviewed articles on #sleep duration in #adolescents.

I want to understand the science better to know whether or how to continue fighting with my teen on this! FWIW He's a straight-A, diligent student, despite 6 hours of sleep per night.

Trump signs executive action targeting public service loan program The program forgives the loans of borrowers who work in public service. The executive action would exclude those who work for certain organizations.

For those who are following, proposals to eliminate the #PublicServiceLoanForgiveness program are outlined starting on p.351 of #Project2025.

www.npr.org/2025/03/07/n....

For those following current threats to #Refugees in the United States, we're currently on p.145 of #Project2025: "Repeal Temporary Protected Status designations"
static.project2025.org/2025_Mandate...

Challenge: search the document whenever a new executive order is announced, and follow along!

In case you're a @erictopol.bsky.social fan and/or are fascinated by #GLP1 drugs, check out this Ground Truths podcast episode: music.youtube.com/watch?v=0imx...

EPA tells White House to strike down landmark climate finding The Trump administration is weighing whether to repeal the “endangerment finding,” which states that greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health and welfare.

For those following, we're currently on p. 425 of Project 2025, authored by Mandy Gunasekara, who is also the author of the book titled "Y'all Fired: A Southern Belle’s Guide to Restoring Federalism and Draining the Swamp": www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

The Angry Canadian I read somewhere recently that Canadians have two settings: “I’m sorry” and “you’ll be sorry.” I feel I’m in the second setting at this point.

Please laugh and weep at once 😂 #LakeInferior

open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

Windy, good day for a run with Beef (that's my dog), #BloodJournal, and the latest Review Series podcast episode.
#hemostasis #hematology @bloodjournal.bsky.social

open.spotify.com/episode/7fNe...

It is literally the playbook for 2025 in the United States. If you haven't read it yet, read along to watch it unfold in real life. And count how many times these are referenced: "leftist," "woke."

Consider supporting NPR today: www.npr.org/donations/su...

static.project2025.org/2025_Mandate...

As Washington reels from Trump’s first actions, his voters like what they see Most who spoke to The Post were in favor of his efforts to scale back the federal workforce, to stand by controversial Cabinet nominees and to slash foreign aid.

This was important to read; not everyone is suffering now.

For anyone who doesn't know: families hit by an 'offer' to resign govt positions are crippled with fear, are being called "villains," despite serving this country faithfully, sometimes for decades.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

February 4, 2025 Shortly after 1:00 this morning, Vittoria Elliott, Dhruv Mehrotra, Leah Feiger, and Tim Marchman of Wired reported that, according to three of their sources, “[a] 25-year-old engineer named Marko Elez...

Very difficult to stay positive at dinner with the kids these past few evenings, knowing how rapidly and rabidly structures of our nation are falling apart around them. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

ICYMI and want to receive alerts: bill introduced Jan 24 2025 to the House to establish a national abortion ban
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

A Primer on the Impoundment Control Act Refusals to undertake required spending are already a major theme of Trump’s second term, but the law limits such executive action.

Who else chatted about the #ImpoundmentControlAct over dinner with the kids last night? As a trained scientist, I have a lot to learn, and it's never too late to learn. #KnowledgeIsPower

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/a-pr...

Committee Members - House Committee on Science Space & Tech - Republicans

If you are experiencing research disruptions due to chaotic cancellations and agency communication and hiring freezes at the VA, NIH, or other government funding agency, please reach out to any member on the House Committee on Science, Space & Technology! science.house.gov/committee-me...

📣The 9th Annual Blood Cover Art Contest will recognize outstanding images in the advancement of science. 🎨Vote now! #BloodJournals #CoverArtContest https://buff.ly/429Iz6W

This question is for #ScienceSky, #AcademicSky, #PhDSky who generate, analyze, and report large data:

how do you generate a persistent identifier for your own data, and what are the issues you face doing that?

#DonateBlood if you can, when you can:
🩸whole blood (any blood type),
🩸power blood (any blood type, there are height and weight minimums),
🩸platelet (all except O negative), and
🩸plasma (AB types)

More details are available @americanredcross.bsky.social and www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood...

Hydroxychloroquine is effective, and consistently so when provided early, for COVID-19: a systematic review Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has shown efficacy against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in some but not all studies. We hypothesized that a systematic review would show HCQ to be effective against COV...

Note that there are still systematic reviews out there like this one, though, that assert that HCQ is safe and effective: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

I too am skeptical of their results, but we need to know that they're out there.