PhD Candidate @UBCmedicine focused on cancer immunotherapy | Passionate about how science & tech & policy can improve health care | Tweets = my own views
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It's #WorldCancerDay and we @NatureMedicine are fortunate to work with the amazing #cancerresearch community to share exciting and impactful #translational and #clinical studies on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of #cancer. Here’s a selection of papers published in 2020!
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Q: What are the benefits of immunotherapy? 🤔
A: Cancer immunotherapy can work on many different types of #cancer. bit.ly/39LOAZH
Excited to share our latest publication describing a promising #tumor-specific #antibody for #ovariancancer #therapy! bit.ly/2JhTyFl
@KMcNagnylab @mhughes_ubc @CBR_UBC @StemCellNetwork @UBCGradSchool @sitcancer
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University of Alberta professor awarded Trudeau Foundation fellowship. Congrats to @UbakaOgbogu a member of our Expert Panel on Somatic Gene and Engineered Cell Therapies! edmontonjournal.com/news/loc…
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Useful breakdown of key issues: "#Trump’s no stranger to misinformation. But with the #coronavirus, experts say that’s dangerous" statnews.com/2020/02/26/trum… via @statnews @meggophone
Great opportunity for ALL grad students to gain research exposure + it really helped with my communication skills!
I am really looking forward to this year's 3MT. I learn so much about the incredible @UBCGradSchool student research. There is still time to join the Feb 27 or Mar 4 Multidisciplinary heats 3mt.grad.ubc.ca/schedule/
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Really interesting piece by @katarinazimmer on why the coronavirus is so deadly for some and mild for others the-scientist.com/news-opini…
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"Do Any Diets Really Work?" fw.to/gUMrlrW via @AM800News This was a fun chat with @PattyHandysides!
The short answer: The best diet is the healthy one (!) that works for you and that you can sustain... kinda forever. So you should also enjoy (cuz... life!).
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“It wasn’t like you turned off those genes and those T cells started doing things that were amazing.” bit.ly/2SiPAxM
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Public solicitation - especially on social media – can be a powerful tool in the effort to find a transplant donor and increase awareness. It does, however, also raise policy questions.
Our recent study on how media represents this phenomenon: journals.lww.com/transplanta…
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This drug has been used for decades for seriously ill patients. Now suddenly its price is jumping 8-fold. Hospitals are outraged. statnews.com/pharmalot/2020/… via @statnews
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$MRK to spin off new $6.5 billion firm focused on women’s health, older drugs statnews.com/2020/02/05/merc… @matthewherper speaks with Merck CEO Ken Frazier.
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Me: “We need to learn from this [#goop-y moment]. We need to learn that there are issues in the conventional system [and a 'breakdown of trust'] that are making these other approaches seem more inviting, and take that seriously.”
globalnews.ca/news/6509581/g… by @MeghanCollie
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After Pete Buttigieg’s impressive Iowa caucuses performance, here’s what you need to know about his *expansive* platform on drug prices.
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Due to #coronavirus concerns lots of "boost immune system" noise. Ignore the myths. (see: frontiersin.org/articles/10.… @PietroGhezzi, et al). cc @picardonhealth
"...the only evidence-based approach to this is vaccination" (when available). Most marketing (supplements, etc) bunk.
