Anne DeGheest
@ADeGheest
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mentor capitalist specializing in investing and mentoring early-stage start-ups in healthcare
silicon valley
Joined June 2011
“Ten years ago I was kicked out and forced to retire.” Our new medicine laureate Katalin Karikó (@kkariko) told us how much it means to be awarded the Nobel Prize after a scientific career that has been full of challenges. Ten years ago, Karikó was still doing all her
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On Mar.29 4PM (JST), join us to celebrate our #TANAMINDigitalHealthChallenge startup cohort’s innovations in #digitalhealth at the Final Showcase, in partnership with Plug and Play Japan ! Learn more Here! FREE registration!
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TANAMIN Digital Health Challenge Investor Day will be held on March 29th. The event will include startup pitch of four finalist startups selected at this partnership program and Mitsubishi Tanabe Phar
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We are doing a pathetic job of protecting seniors (and age 50+) from severe Covid in California Rapid ascent now passing BA.5 wave peak Get a boost.
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About 1 in 5 of us have an APOE4 gene variant, the #1 genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. But the mechanism for brain injury was a mystery, now getting unraveled (cholesterol processing by oligodendrocytes) https://t.co/gIpGt0CA28
@nature
https://t.co/hbmdpO6R3t
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The impact of #LongCovid on the American workforce Persistent loss of ~500,000 workers "A mass disabling event"—@Cutler_econ
https://t.co/PxnX3S69nS by @sinoceros @laurenweberWSJ
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Pelosi’s response to hearing Trump might march to the Capitol is definitely worth watching
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As always, @edyong209 nails the root causes of U.S.'s dismal pandemic response, & why it's inevitable that we'll blow it again when next one comes. Only omission: degree to which social media has served as a force multiplier of our destructive tendencies.
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ALL CAPS TITLE, more positive OMICRON BA4/5 TAKING OVER = MORE INFECTIOUS + REINFECTION RISK 6-26-22 https://t.co/1bqmWBjvQ7 Omicron: 50-75% lower risk of Long Covid BA4/5 evades most antibodies protection Multiple reinfection = stepwise 2-3 higher mortality risk #COVID #BA5
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American exceptionalism The United States comprises 4% of the world's population ✓ 16% of the world's Covid confirmed deaths ✓ 40% of world's guns ✓ Only industrialized nation in the world with states making abortion illegal
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IS OMICRON BA2 THE NEXT WAVE? 3-20-22 https://t.co/v5BgDFbgy6 Omicron BA2 drives outbreaks in Asia Pacific and new rise in Europe US wastewater BA2 warning... IS US next? #COVID #CovidIsNotOver #BA2
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This represents phenomenal progress, folks. The immunity wall in England has now led to Covid carrying (slightly) *less* fatality risk than seasonal flu https://t.co/bNZ1j1MFMs
@FT @jburnmurdoch @mroliverbarnes
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Just published @nature The impact of #Covid on the brain: the 1st longitudinal imaging study before and after infection, with controls https://t.co/JF5UviTdYO Reduction of grey matter, brain size, cognitive decline
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From my Ukrainian friends stuck there with rockets and bombs falling down daily : all the ways you can support Ukraine: https://t.co/YxZBEh3YOb
https://t.co/d2segrpwyj
#Ukraine #UkraineWar
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OMICRON MASSIVE DROP... BUT VIRUS EMBEDDED IN TISSUES FOR MONTHS! 2-20-22 https://t.co/QrxFbj94Hf Omicron Massive Drop Booster protective against Omicron & BA.2 variant Long Covid shows virus embedded in tissues across the body #COVID19 #Omicron #LongCovid #vaccine
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How to reduce your chance of dying from Covid by 99%? Get vaccinated and a booster. One of the most impressive graphs I've seen for the impact of vaccination in the US pandemic (thanks @redouad @OurWorldinData for re-plotting my makeshift graph from earlier today)
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OMICRON: HOW THE EXPLOSIVE COVID VARIANT WILL AFFECT YOU 12-28-21 https://t.co/iqIAjFN3Ym Omicron video update based on latest science based facts #Omicron #COVID19 #Booster
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COVID NEW SCARE? OMICRON NEW VARIANT + WINTER WAVE 11-27-21 https://t.co/zrEatYdNb8 Booster from mRNA: 25 times higher antibodies Vaccines decrease Long Covid risk by 50% Pfizer 89% effective Europe 5th wave and new restrictions OMICRON new variant emerges #vaccine #omicron
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