Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@social.cleverlibre.org

In the news: the family of Henrietta Lacks have been compensated, more than 70 years after cells from her cancer, taken without her consent became an industry worth billions. https://apnews.com/article/henrietta-lacks-hela-cells-thermo-fisher-scientific-bfba4a6c10396efa34c9b79a544f0729

Postdoctoral Fellow in Biophysics/Biochemistry/Bioengineering at The Pennsy

Penn State University

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/penn-state-university-27778-postdoctoral-fellow-in-biophysics-biochemistry-bioengineering-at-the-pennsy/?feed_id=53138

#ScienceJobs #hiring #research
University Park #UnitedStatesUS #...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/penn-state-university-27778-postdoctoral-fellow-in-biophysics-biochemistry-bioengineering-at-the-pennsy/?feed_id=53138

"Un nuevo registro realizado por el Grupo Español de Seguridad Obstétrica (GESO), una sociedad científica formada por ginecólogos, anestesistas y matronas, ha revelado ahora que los datos oficiales adolecen de una infranotificación importante y que la mortalidad materna en 2021 —de 3,26 según el INE— fue en realidad cuatro veces mayor: 13,76 fallecimientos por cada 100.000 partos."

https://elpais.com/sociedad/2023-07-31/un-nuevo-registro-revela-que-la-mortalidad-materna-en-espana-es-cuatro-veces-mayor-a-la-recogida-en-los-datos-oficiales.html

"Nothing can repair the experience and lives of these more than 4,800 victims," an abuse awareness group called This Is Our Memorial said on its website. "What we can and should do is remember them. Give them a voice. So that what happened never happens again."

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/pope-portugal-bittersweet-catholic-woodstock-young-2023-07-31/

These ads are all over NY. To learn the history of this new class of weight loss & diabetes drugs, listen to my conversation with one of the pioneers in the field, Matthias Tschöp @helmholtz_munich.

Scroll down the page at the link below to hear “Obesity is a Brain Disease":

https://www.helmholtz-munich.de/en/helmholtz-pioneer-campus

#DrugDevelopment #Obesity #Diabetes #Metabolism #SciComm #SciencePodcast

#helmholtzpioneercampus

Hi again #Mastodon!
I joined the fediverse when a lot of my community had not migrated from the bird site, so could only partially reconstruct it here using automated tools. If I followed you there and don’t here, say hi and let’s reconnect!

For those who don’t know me, I am a #virologist by training with almost 20 years of experience as a #science #editor, a passion for #microbiology and all science really, #OpenScience #openaccess & people

Have a lovely day everyone

#introduction #fediverse

Henrietta Lacks’ family reaches historic settlement, wins compensation for her stolen cells https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/science-medicine/henrietta-lacks-settlement-compensation-stolen-cells-biotech-company-JNCPZLQGEZENPCHLR643GKBBGA/

I love Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic)

Mink farming needed to end yesterday.

There are no reasons beyond economics and tradition to continue to allow them or other fur "farms.".

There are many reasons – ethics and disease primary among them – to ban them.

Quote: "We strongly urge governments to also consider the mounting evidence suggesting that fur farming, particularly mink, be eliminated in the interest of pandemic preparedness"

🔗 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2303408120

176 #wildfires in #NWT and now #Yukon is burning. 2023 is ravaging the #borealforests https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-wildfire-escalated-dramatically-resources-thin-1.6923840

#ClimateBreakdown #Drought #Canada

"The olfactory receptor genes we identified were so specific. One was associated with cheese and nothing else. There’s one very specific to fruit. There’s one very specific to vegetables. There’s one very specific to coffee." Fun new research on food preferences & why some people like tea https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/your-genes-may-influence-what-you-like-to-eat/

Box with rabbit, glazed stoneware by @hunchbacksociety

https://hunchbacksociety.cargo.site/Small-talk

#Ceramics #Handmade #Art #stoneware #artgallery #artstagram

Researchers are developing brain-computer interfaces that would enable communication for people with locked-in syndrome and other conditions that render them unable to verbally communicate.

Our recent report, republished in El País: https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-07-27/reading-the-mind-with-machines-to-help-patients-unable-to-speak.html