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Art Poon
art_poon
Two #SARSCoV2 B.1.1.7 genomes isolated in Canada were just deposited into GISAID today, respectively from BC and Quebec.Unfortunately, none of the genomes from @BCCDC today was annotated with full sample
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Bad Actor/Autistic Person
JoboGinger
Just in case people don't know how horrifying Autism Speaks is, I'm gonna do a little thread: A woman who held a leadership position in the organisation contemplated killing her
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Quadram Institute
TheQuadram
The Quadram Institute in #Norwich is one of 19 UK labs sequencing #coronavirus genomes. As the #RuleOfSix comes into force on Monday, the world-leading work taking place here could help
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Evan J. Zimmerman
ejzim
I've been seeing a lot of people saying the Moderna and Pfizer mRNA vaccines were made in 2 days, and that it will be amazing and perfect for all diseases.
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Dr. Angela Rasmussen
angie_rasmussen
This is not correct. SARS-CoV-2 is nothing like influenza virus from a virological or evolutionary standpoint. A short thread on some big differences:https://twitter.com/drtomfrieden/status/1353020200757686276 Mutation drives evolution. All
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Samuel Marsh, Ph.D.
samuel_marsh
New year seems like as good a time as any for another reminder: Be careful with your animal models! This edition brought to you by the Cre/Lox system. #methodsmatter 1/n
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David Grainger
sciencescanner
Lots of people highlighting pessimistic estimates of duration of protection for #COVID vaccines - but the facts guides us in the opposite direction: Im optimistic for multi-year duration of protectionWhy?1/n
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Neil Gemmell
ProfGemmell
Tuatara genome published today. Hitting the keyboard briefly between interviews to update on the key findings of this project. This could end up being a long thread. Lovely summary here
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Aris Katzourakis 💙 (for UCU NEC)
ArisKatzourakis
SMALL THREAD: I have seen concerns going round about the theoretical possibility that vaccine mRNA could end up altering our own genomes, and that could cause long term consequences. I
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Alice Wong
SFdirewolf
Disabled people told ya “A powerful gene-editing tool called Crispr-Cas9...can cause serious side effects in the cells of human embryos, prompting them to discard large chunks of their genetic material,
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Kim TallBear
KimTallBear
In 2016 I tweeted the DNC from an Indigenous sovereignty standpoint after a lifetime of growing up in that party. only to get trolled by Dems of all colors (but
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Dr. Jacob Glanville
CurlyJungleJake
1. RNA vaccine ingredients. These vaccines have RNA wrapped up inside tiny droplets of oil and cholesterol. The lipids are similar to your cells - they have mild chemical charge
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Marc Daalder 😷 Wear a Mask, Scan QR Codes
marcdaalder
#BREAKING Ministry of Health says genome sequencing has linked one of yesterday's unlinked cases to a different variant of the virus than the current cluster. This variant was present in
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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
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Dr Julie Blommaert 👩🏼🔬
drjulie_b
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidencehttps://twitter.com/JakobssonLab/status/1338415484757225473 Since sequencing is actually my area of expertise, I may humbly chime in here (among many others) and break down the claims of th
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Alina Chan
Ayjchan
Re-telling of covid's origin story in @guardian today misses key points about the whistleblowers, the seafood market, test kit and vaccine development in China, and publication of the first SARS-CoV-2
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