This thread explores the benefits of the keto diet on cancer. How does the Warburg effect influence cancer? How can exogenous ketones and hyperbaric oxygen be used to increase mouse lifespan? Can keto be used as an insulin suppressant therapy?
Dr David Unwin
All diets and drugs have risks:Do we weigh up the pros and cons of drugs & lifestyle choices properly BEFORE making choices?Starch is concentrated sugar
This thread explores the science behind saturated fat and health. Does eating saturated fat-rich foods lead to premature death? Can we trust the science? What is the Warburg effect and how does it relate to cancer?
gary taubes
Author of The Case for Keto, The Case Against Sugar, Why We Get Fat, Good Calories, Bad Calories, Bad Science, and Nobel Dreams
Results from #CONTACT03 are out both @ASCO #ASCO23 and @TheLancet. The 1st phase 3 trial to assess the efficacy of rechallenge with anti-PDL1 in ANY cancer type. According to real world treatment patterns, IO (PD1/L1 inhibitors) rechallenge is common in pts w/ mRCC and other cancer types.
Toni Choueiri, MD
Senior Executive & Chief GU Cancers @DanaFarber; Prof Medicine @HarvardMed; 2021 Giants of Cancer Award ⚽ lover; 🚲@PanMass, seen on @msnbc @cnn @TODAYshow
Learn how to treat myeloma, a cancer of the blood cells. This includes understanding newly diagnosed and relapsed cases, risk stratification, active drugs and mechanisms of action, and smoldering myeloma FAQs.
Vincent Rajkumar
Editor-in-Chief, Blood Cancer Journal; Professor, Mayo Clinic; Opinions are solely my personal views; @CovidThreads; https://t.co/HOGYJSpsoG
Learn about the mSMART guidelines for the management of CAR-T associated cytokine release syndrome, neurotoxicity, and cytopenias. Find out more about CAR-T associated CRS, neurotoxicity, late neurotoxicity, and post CAR-T cytopenias.
Vincent Rajkumar
Editor-in-Chief, Blood Cancer Journal; Professor, Mayo Clinic; Opinions are solely my personal views; @CovidThreads; https://t.co/HOGYJSpsoG
Gastric cancer is a common and often lethal cancer that can be attributed in large part to an infectious cause. In this week's issue of NEJM, Usui et al. provide compelling evidence for a substantial contribution from hereditary forms of gastric cancer. Learn more about the science behind the study here.
NEJM
The New England Journal of Medicine (https://t.co/YGfDrRsIhE) is the world’s leading medical journal and website.
This paper on @biorxivpreprint explores how misactivation of developmental enhancers for the SOX2 transcription factor leads to overexpression in breast and lung cancer. Learn about the promoter, potential enhancers, and more.
Michael Hoffman @michaelhoffman@mastodon.social
Computational genomicist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. Assoc Prof, Medical Biophysics & Computer Science, University of Toronto. COI https://t.co/CvupKNIjZr
Weizmano et al. have found that type 2 dendritic cells and natural killer cells orchestrate very early immunity against metastatic cancer cells in the lung. Learn more about the research in this blog post!
Prof. Akiko Iwasaki
We study innate and adaptive immunity against viruses and study disease pathogenesis. #COVID19 #longCOVID #vaccines @HHMINEWS @YaleIBIO @YaleMed @YaleCII