Jim Till
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@jimtill
Posts to X (formerly Twitter) mainly about #cancerSC, #OpenAccess #LongCovid and #ClimateScience
Last week, the Indian government announced a giant deal with multiple publishers that will allow an estimated 18 million students, faculty, and researchers free access to nearly 13,000 journals, including some top-tier ones, through a single portal. science.org/content/articl…
COMMENT: No silver bullets, no shortcuts: confronting the commercial determinants of the climate crisis @BenjaminM_Wood @milsompenelope @SharonFrielOz thelancet.com/journals/lanpl…
Last week, Canada lost a powerhouse in cancer research. Dr Philip Branton was a highly accomplished cancer virologist, whose decades of work helped shape our understanding of viruses and tumour suppression and led to new treatments that continue to be used today. Dr Branton was also so much more than a cancer researcher – he was a lifelong champion for collaboration as the pathway for stronger and more impactful science. Through his work to establish the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute of Cancer Research, the Canadian Cancer Research Alliance and more, Dr Branton united the research community to set shared visions and strategies to strengthen our country’s cancer ecosystem. The Canadian Cancer Society was fortunate to work with Dr Branton in many capacities over the years, from supporting his research with multiple grants, to collaborating with him as a board member for the National Cancer Institute of Canada (the research arm of CCS for many years), to celebrating his many accomplishments, including the R.M. Taylor Medal in 2005. Dr Branton has shaped what cancer research is in Canada today. We honour his contributions and his legacy. He will be missed. ccra-acrc.ca/dr-philip-bran…
Long-term engrafting multilineage hematopoietic cells differentiated from human induced pluripotent stem cells nature.com/articles/s4158…
Two things have been on my mind regarding Bernie Sanders’ #LongCovidMoonshot bill that’s just been introduced. 1. How long could this take to get passed? 2. Aside from calling our representatives, what can we do to help this get passed? @bhanlon15 @loscharlos @ahandvanish
How much do you know about the trailblazing scientist Barbara McClintock? McClintock's pioneering research was rejected by the scientific community but she didn't give up. Watch our video to learn more about this remarkable laureate who was born on this day 122 years ago.
Here's another troubling example of how bad Google AI Overviews can be. This overview on stem cells for knees is like an ad for unproven stem cell clinics & here again Google uses unproven clinics as its primary sources. Fact- there is no good evidence that stem cells help knees.
Pearls on #dysautonomia, #LongCovid, #POTS from a leading expert on the front lines, Dr. Svetlana Blitshteyn @dysclinic In the new Ground Truths (link in profile)
Doctor of geology Brad Hayes’ article about understanding climate science discusses important concepts that are absent from almost all news media channels and many environmental science classrooms. #climatescience #science #scientists #education #alarmism big-media.ca/real-climate-s…
