#Variants

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

NOT GOOD—so it seems government researchers have discovered that the already more contagious #B117 has further acquired the other troublesome E484K mutation seen in #B1351 & #P1 variants—in 11

James Gallagher

JamesTGallagher

Going to repeat my personal rule for judging all "new strain" or "new variant" stories... Viruses mutate all the time so it's important to ask whether the behaviour of the

John Doench

JohnDoench

New work from the group published today, led by the incredible, integral, and incomparable @ruth_e_hanna, developing CRISPR Base Editor technology for screens. Time for a hastily-assembled thread with screenshots! (1/n)….Open

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

There is media bias around discussing an elimination strategy- which is considered 'unrealistic' or not possible in the UK- where the rhetoric from govt & its advisors has been 'acceptable

Ewan Birney

ewanbirney

Race, Ethnicity, clinical research and general life. A reminder/explainer. TL;DR: Uncouple "ethnicity" and "genetics" - there are threads that link them but they are not useful (certainly not useful for

Sarvadamana

Dauhshanti

An interesting observation I made on an Indus seal. Possible continuity of Indus script.See this seal from Harappan civilization, you see a human figure confronting two tigers. Take a note

Pharm. D

Pharmdca

$FSDC a potential game changer in Age-Related Macular Degeneration (GA). 2 types of AMD: Wet and Dry AMD. Dry AMD affects roughly 80-90% of individuals with AMD. The Wet AMD

Ann Bauer

annbauerwriter

I listened in on a zoom parents' mtg with a MN (DFL) senator tonight. The topic was schools. I'm not going to name the district or the legislator; I was

Josh Michaud

joshmich

30% of Israel's population has received at least 1 dose of Covid-19 vaccine, but no indications yet that case numbers are coming down there (chart). A few reasons why this

Mark Zurek

_starckie_

Hi Folks- when writing a new episode centered around lesbian moms, I wondered: how should their child address them? There are a lot of good websites out there for help

Bryan Lowe

bryandaniellowe

While I use it in my course title, the term #JapaneseMythology gives a false sense of unity and indigeneity. The two earliest texts, Kojiki (712) and Nihon shoki (720), were

Fr Dylan Schrader

FrDylanSchrader

Based on earlier discourse: Who is "the Church"? A thread. I find myself and my fellow Catholics, speaking of "the Church." There are variants of this, not precisely the same,

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

Warning - some in-the-weeds tweets about vaccine efficacy trials, new strains, and decision making under uncertainty. I offer more questions than answers, but hopefully it can generate some discussion...1/6 For

Simon Barnett

sbarnettARK

A Thread ()Let's discuss long-read #sequencing, optical mapping, and the implications of a recent study (linked below). Please view my disclosures at the end. I've intentionally made this thread more

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

BREAKING—Good & bad news—The Moderna #COVID19 vaccine fully protected against the UK #B117 variant... but was 6x less efficient at neutralizing the South African #B1351 variant in lab test.

Christmastide Jason

jasonifytong

I’ve been thinking about why conservative evangelical “pro-lifers” are silent on most human rights issues, and I believe it comes down to the distinction between “pro-life” and “pro-*innocent* life”. 1/

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