#Genetics

brendan

brendan_49

10,000 foot view on $CNCE and schizo. Cartoon lingo so all can follow. One feature of schizo is too much dopamine. Dopamine blockers reduce psychosis and hallucinations. But schizos remain

AVigilantEgyptian

AVigilantEgypt

The same people who dismiss the current Egyptians as being generally descendants of the ancient ones on the basis that they were not Muslims (as if the Arabs themselves were

Anarchist 💣Federation ❤🖤

AnarchistFed

Dearest comrades.Stop gatekeeping behind academic language, flowerly language and verbage. It's classiest as fuck. Stop alpha-nerding over the ancient scrolls. So what if someone gets their politics from Comrade Malone,

Dr Tess Machling 💙

Tess_Machling

I thought it might be useful to look at Ch*ddar Man as it appears so often in archaeological groups and is like catnip for the far right and white supremacists.Long

Titania McGrath

TitaniaMcGrath

MEDICAL SCIENCE IS OPPRESSIVE: IT MUST BE BANNED (thread)For too long, so-called “doctors” have bullied and dehumanised those who do not conform to their perceptions of “wellness”.They have tried to

Śrīkānta

shrikanth_krish

Undertook śrāddha of a parent in DC todayVery different experience from what I was used to back in IndiaIn India it is v transactional, pretty prolonged affairLasted under 2 hours

Deepu Chandran

deepuchandranpk

Lockdown and general lack of travel turned out to be a boon for reading. Books enjoyed in 2020 in no particular order. Also, some are old ones that I found

Katalin Susztak

KSusztak

Kidney disease genetic risk variants alter lysosomal beta-mannosidase (MANBA) expression and disease severity https://stm.sciencemag.org/content/13/576/eaaz1458 The study is lead by @Xiangchen_Gu @XinSheng7 and Holly Yang. Kidney function G

Zach Elliott

zaelefty

'Stop Using Phony Science to Justify Transphobia' is another Scientific American article using the complexities of sex determination and the diversity of sex differences to argue that sex is not

k y e l l e 🌱

suxelamai

Why Black people should adopt a Vegan/Whole Foods Plantbased Lifestyle: A Thread ***Feel Free to add additional reasons or ask questions if you have any*** THEY ARE KILLING USWhile them

Gita Gnanadesikan

g_gnanadesikan

1. Phenotypically diverse, dogs are ideal subjects for exploring the genetic bases of cognition & behavior. We combined cognitive data from #CitizenScience project @Dognition & breed-average genetic data (Parker et

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cottonfarmgirl

This is Nikolai Vavilov, a Russian botanist. He is undoubtedly one of the most influential people in human history (that you have never heard of).As you and I may well

Jason Sheltzer

JSheltzer

Cool new paper from @AndriyMarusyk and colleagues: Cancer cells can have sex, and it makes them stronger. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-01367-y Cancer cells are generally thought of as “asexual” - they spread by

Amit V. Khera

amitvkhera

New publication in @JACCJournals:south asians suffer from high rates of coronary disease vs other raceswe validate a polygenic score that identifies 5% of South Asians with >3x risk@MGHHeartHealth @broadinstitute @MassGeneralNews

Emily Bray

DrEmilyBray

1 Dogs are known for their ability to cooperate with humans and read our social cues. But are these skills biologically prepared? To find out, we tested 375 puppies at

Zach Elliott

zaelefty

ScienceVet's thread on the sex spectrum is one of the most shared pieces on the subject.Let's break it down and analyze the details of his argument with peer-reviewed science.THREAD (citations

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