Scott Merville
Comms manager, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Opinions are mine. Tweet about cancer and other stuff. Favs = bookmark, RTs not endorsements, etc.
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The early history of B cells
As we celebrate 50 years since his seminal Nature paper describing separate lineages for B cells and T cells in the chicken, Max Cooper looks back at the early discoveries that made this breakthrough possible and describes how the B cell field...
Scott Merville
And here's Max Cooper reviewing the early history of B cell research. @LaskerFDN #immunology #immunotherapy
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How the thymus shaped immunology and beyond
Work performed in the last 60 years has shown that T cells, or lymphocytes derived from the thymus, previously believed to be redundant, do have a crucial immune function and are implicated in many m...
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Here's 2019 Lasker Prize co-winner Jacques Miller describing his vital work on the thymus and identifying T cells in a March 2019 review. @LaskerFDN #immunology #Immunotherapy
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Moon Shot concentrates on treating, preventing high-risk multiple myeloma
MD Anderson’s multiple myeloma moon shot focuses on preventing and treating the hardest cases of high-risk melanoma, with an emphasis on immunotherapy clinical trials.
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.@MDAndersonNews Moon Shot concentrates on treating, preventing high-risk multiple myeloma bit.ly/30cGvrh #MultipleMyeloma #endcancer
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How Viktor Orban hollowed out Hungary’s democracy
His achievements are bad for Hungarian liberty—and an object lesson in what is possible for would-be autocrats elsewhere
ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Battery, meet barbecue
HOUSTON — The heart of America's oil industry is wedded to gasoline. But one purveyor of fuel and Texas barbecue is offering electric car charging on the side, in a city where the results of unfettered growth may be changing local orthodoxy.
U.S. tells cannabis companies not to advertise disease treatments...
The top U.S. consumer and trade regulator said on Tuesday it had warned three co...
I'm a conservative Republican. Climate change is real.
It's time to stop denying a crisis that our constituents are already seeing every day.
New evidence shows why the HPV vaccine is as important for boys as girls
Twenty years ago, HPV mouth and throat cancers were rare. In the past decade, however, the number of cases has roughly tripled.
Scott Merville
New evidence shows why the HPV vaccine is as important for boys as girls statnews.com/2019/09/11/new… via @statnews #HPV
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Lasker Awards Honor Advances in Modern Immunology
The prizes recognized the discoverers of B and T lymphocytes, pioneers in genetic engineering to fight breast cancer, and a nonprofit that helps get vaccines to the world’s poorest children.
Immune-cell pioneers win prestigious Lasker medical award
Jacques Miller and Max Cooper, who discovered T- and B-cells, share US$250,000 basic-research prize.
How Immunotherapy Is Making an Impact in Prostate Cancer
Sumit K. Subudhi, M.D., Ph.D., on the current treatment landscape for patients with prostate cancer, including immunotherapy and clinical trial options.
Research finds evidence HPV vaccine is improving herd immunity
Researchers find incidence of human papillomavirus in unvaccinated men is falling in the U.S., indicating increased herd immunity from HPV vaccination.
Scott Merville
Research finds evidence HPV vaccine is improving herd immunity. Infections drop 37% in unvaccinated men. bit.ly/305Qdf1 #HPV #HPVvaccine #oralcancer @MDAndersonNews
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Treating Pancreatic Cancer by Altering the Tumor Microbiome
In people with pancreatic cancer, the composition of their tumor microbiome might predict how long they live, according to a new study. In experiments in mice, altering the tumor microbiome with fecal transplants slowed tumor growth.
Scott Merville
Treating Pancreatic Cancer by Altering the Tumor Microbiome cancer.gov/news-events/ca… #PancreaticCancer @MDAndersonNews
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CBD oil and cancer: 9 things to know
Wondering whether you should use CBD oil to cope with cancer treatment and its side effects? We spoke with Kimberson Tanco, M.D., to separate fact from fiction.
I now publish #MeToo stories on my blog, for free. Here’s why.
<p>By the summer of 2015, I had been a correspondent for Science magazine for nearly 25 years. I covered archaeology and human evolution, and worked on a small team that included another reporter as well as an editor. That summer, one of my...
Vaguely seen on images, lung nodules’ genomics outline progression to cancer
MD Anderson researchers perform the first large scale genomic analysis that reveals evolution from precancerous growths to lung cancer.
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Vaguely seen on images, lung nodules’ genomics outline progression to cancer bit.ly/2NReQJY #lungcancer
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The Mysterious Vaping Illness That’s ‘Becoming an Epidemic’
A surge of severe lung ailments has baffled doctors and public health experts.
Reflections on Texas, the outdoors and 40 years of writing and photography
The Chronicle’s outdoors reporter details changes he’s seen in the state in the last four decades
Solomon: Texans misguided if they trade Jadeveon Clowney
The star defender should have been on the sidelines Thursday night with the rest of the starters, waiting to cause regular-season havoc in Houston.