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The next ukiyo-e print shows Urashima Taro sitting beside a tree with the turtle in front of him. He's back home after the three years at the dragon king's palace which is now 'fading away under the sea waves like a dream' and he hasn't yet realised that 300 years have passed.
🎨'Dreaming of the Dragon Palace' - Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852
#folklore #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt #JapaneseFolklore @folklore
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'These results illuminate an FcγRIIB-mediated, cell-autonomous mechanism of CD8+ T cell suppression, which limits the efficacy of checkpoint inhibitors during antitumor immune responses in vivo.'

science.org/doi/10.1126/scitra

Postdoc position - Lipid Network Reconstruction & Computational Modeling @Joostholthuis

Osnabrück University

The Holthuis Lab at Osnabrück University is looking for a Postdoc to work on LIPID NETWORK RECONSTRUCTION & COMPUTATIONAL MODELING FOR IMDs

See the full job description on jobRxiv: jobrxiv.org/job/osnabruck-univ...
jobrxiv.org/job/osnabruck-univ

'Yet, as microbiome experts Alan Walker of Aberdeen university and Lesley Hoyles of Nottingham Trent University pointed out recently, in the journal Nature Microbiology, all the excitement “has unfortunately also brought with it hype and entrenched certain misconceptions.” Their article knocks down 12 myths about the microbiome, ranging from exaggerations about its size and weight to misconceptions about the association between some microbial patterns and disease.'

ft.com/content/00619403-fd1a-4

COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Surveillance: Summary from VSD RCA

The slides from the Advisory Committee in Immunization Practices
September 12, 2023

cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings
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"A physical delineation of nature terminates at the point where the sphere of intellect begins, and a new world of mind is opened to our view. It marks the limit, but does not pass it."
Kosmos

Alexander von Humboldt was born #OTD in 1769. His quantitative work on botanical geography laid the foundation for the field of biogeography, while his advocacy of long-term systematic geophysical measurement pioneered modern geomagnetic & meteorological monitoring.

gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/19

#science

So, focus on:
- Interoperability
- Small wins
- Quality UI/UX
- Co-creation and ambassadors
- Skills
- Balancing marketing and community building

#PUBMET2023 #OpenResearch #OpenScience #OpenAIRE

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'I think many troubling aspects of US history are often neglected in the public consciousness. They include the four-day New York City draft riot in 1863, in which white rioters attacked African American workers and their properties; the race riots in Chicago, Illinois, in 1919; and the massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, two years later. These are just three examples of events, often catalysed by police inaction, that resulted in the loss of Black lives, livelihoods and homes.'

nature.com/articles/d41586-023

"Here, we identify a stem cell-like CD7+ monocyte subpopulation accumulating in the bone marrow (BM) of mice and humans that experienced dieting-induced weight loss. Adoptive transfer of CD7+ monocytes suppresses weight regain, whereas inducible depletion of CD7+ monocytes accelerates it."

cell.com/cell-metabolism/fullt

Three quarters of trusts in England that responded to a survey by The BMJ are still reliant on paper patient notes and drug charts, despite progress towards electronic records and prescribing
bmj.com/content/382/bmj.p2050

'Three hospitals declined to provide the procedure, she said. At the third, “they said, ‘We can’t touch you unless you’re like crashing in front of us,’” Ms. Statton, 26, said in an interview. The hospital’s only suggestion, she said, was “we should wait in the parking lot until I was about to die.”

nytimes.com/2023/09/12/health/

My latest at NM

"Pigs are, prima facie, a good organ source. They are abundant, their overall physiology is very similar to that of humans, as is their size (in this case, size matters), and they can be bred under conditions that limit exposure to pathogens"


nature.com/articles/d41591-023

I hate it when that happens

"He recounts the grudge he held on behalf of his father, Thyestes, whom Agamemnon’s father, Atreus, had tricked into eating his own children."

nytimes.com/2023/09/12/magazin

'However, it is well-established that, compared with other conventional treatments, immunotherapy shows unique efficacy kinetics such as delayed clinical effect and long-term favorable outcome.3 These characteristics may lead to the prolongation of trial duration and make it difficult to accelerate the drug development process.'

thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/

NEWS: IG Threads blocks all searches related to covid and vaccines in the midst of a major covid surge.

Public health experts denounced the platform’s moderation policies, which they say restrict access to critical health information
washingtonpost.com/technology/

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