Terry Hébert
@THebertMcGill
Followers
2K
Following
15K
Media
263
Statuses
61K
Scientist;Interested in drug discovery and cellular signalling- opinions my own
Joined May 2013
For the first time, scientists have developed a laboratory-grown version of the adrenal cortex https://t.co/Wdiv60KFnm
nature.com
Nature - Lab-grown structure mimics the adrenal cortex, which produces the critical hormone called cortisol.
0
16
87
How hypertension promotes bone loss… @endocelldoc @elihennen @Jaya_Krishnan1 @NstorPastor @VUMChealth comprehensively characterize the effect of hypertension on bone properties, finding inflammatory activation and IL-17A-producing T cells as targetable mediators in
1
9
23
Is the A.I. bubble about to burst? @JohnCassidy writes about the parallels between this moment and the stock crash that preceded the Great Depression.
newyorker.com
As some financial leaders fret publicly about the stock market falling to earth, Andrew Ross Sorkin’s new book recounts the greatest crash of them all.
3
8
23
Billionaire tax cuts are a policy choice. Cutting healthcare for millions is a policy choice. Cutting food assistance for children is a policy choice. Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice. Make no mistake: Trump and the GOP just chose to do this.
213
781
2K
If you work in the area if iPSC-based disease in a dish models of regenerative medicine approaches, we're looking for you! https://t.co/urjLOMjySe
0
0
3
I think this is a larger phenomenon that we imagine... generalizable to a lot of diseases. https://t.co/8LpTFEgDDp
https://t.co/by3Xw35YJu
nature.com
Nature - Mouse models show that respiratory infections from viruses such as influenza and SARS-CoV-2 can trigger metastasis of dormant breast cancer cells in the lungs, a finding supported by...
0
0
2
This is a must-read by JVL. You don’t have to agree with every particular — I’m not sure I do — to appreciate how helpful this is, how essential it is, to thinking seriously about the present moment. BLUF. Memo to Democrats: It’s the power, stupid. https://t.co/rCKDPuDL4x
thebulwark.com
God help us but Gavin Newsom is the only Democrat who understands power.
36
151
428
Checkpoint inhibitors are the mainstay of cancer immunotherapy. Here's a new review article for the current state of the science and where we're headed @SciImmunology
https://t.co/YNDp5YvKuc
4
120
429
Heart & Stroke Risk Screen takes into account individual factors including lifestyle behaviours, medical history, sex, age, and life stages specific to women such as pregnancy and menopause and provides a customized action plan. @HeartandStroke ( https://t.co/A45NoFLHMI)
twitter.com
Official account for Heart & Stroke. | Life. We don’t want you to miss it.™ | #HeartandStrokeBeatAsOne | En français: @coeuretavc
0
0
1
Heart & Stroke has launched an online screening tool to help people understand their heart and brain health risks and support them to take action.
1
0
1
A recent study has uncovered how the contents of extracellular vesicles can interact with proteins that #HIV relies on to replicate—findings that may lead to new therapeutics to suppress or even eradicate HIV infection. @OkeomaLab @NYMC_PMI
https://t.co/b3OtkMo5vW
0
2
1
A UAE investment firm run by a member of the country’s ruling family put $2 billion into the Trump family’s crypto firm. Then the White House gave the UAE access to hundreds of thousands of powerful computer chips needed to build AI. Trump’s crypto corruption is off the charts.
50
295
632
For more information or to apply, please visit this link: https://t.co/urjLOMj12G
0
0
0
Researchers working in the broader area of stem cell biology, RNA based reprogramming, gene editing (including CRISPR/Cas9), and/or with expertise in deriving endodermal lineages are encouraged to apply.
1
0
1
The Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at McGill University, with the Meakins Christie Laboratories at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, are inviting applications for a full-time position at the rank of Assistant Professor (Tenure Track).
1
1
0
The Constitution has not been meaningfully amended since 1971. That same year, a new method of constitutional interpretation was put forward. This would become known as originalism. Jill Lepore on how the radical philosophy has undermined the Constitution: https://t.co/pMDIS0huCX
5
17
22
A great read. The American University Is in Crisis. Not for the First Time. https://t.co/Co5YKsxnbG via @NYTimes
nytimes.com
Political challenges to elite colleges have long been a feature of life in the United States. A 1963 book helps show us why.
3
3
7
Happy to see Ashika's MSc project come out! Shout out to Darlaine and Domo and the @jason_tanny lab! https://t.co/MBeb3xyNb3
mdpi.com
Bromodomain and extraterminal domain (BET) family proteins are ubiquitous transcriptional co-activators that function broadly in cellular differentiation, proliferation, and stress responses....
0
0
1