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Chaz Hong MD PhD 🇺🇸

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Chair of Medicine, Chemical biologist. Father of 5. Opinions expressed are my own. "Medicine without Science is Witchcraft." Follow me on Bluesky

East Lansing, MI
Joined August 2018
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Acidic tumor environments promote cancer cell survival and treatment resistance. Here, we show that proton-receptor GPR68/OGR1 mediates a crucial glioblastoma survival signal. We also report novel OGR1 inhibitor named Ogremorphin, which induces ferroptosis in all glioblastoma
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RT @davidrliu: Please join me in urging Congress to save science, so science can continue to save us and make our lives better. https://t.c….
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Medical Research Saves Lives – But Progress Is At Risk. Congress is considering a 40% cut to life-saving cures, which would shut...
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With @MSU_Medicine faculty @NagibChalfoun & #HealthAI pioneer/cardiologist Dr. Tom Maddox of @washumedicine, who is here for @CorewellHealth Cardiology Grand Rounds tomorrow. Already learned a ton from him!
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Having performed the first open heart surgery in mid Michigan, Dr. Seong Chi was a legendary cardiac surgeon at what became @McLarenHealth Greater Lansing hospital. years before first heart bypass surgery! As a Korean American & cardiovascular specialist, I think that is so cool
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What is it like to be a chair of medicine at a community-based medical school? I started my week at @CorewellHealth in Grand Rapids discussing exciting new collaborations, then joined meetings with @HenryFordHealth + @michiganstateu Health Sciences colleagues on really amazing
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Congratulations to Dr. George Tidmarsh, the new head of @US_FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, the top US drug regulator! I greatly appreciated George’s faith in our drug development program and immensely enjoyed our collaboration when he was the CEO of La Jolla.
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Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Augsburger, of @MSUMD #Midland campus on 2025 Dr. James Addison Teaching Excellence Award for being best Internal Medicine Clerkship teacher. This award is named after Dr. Addison, famed and dedicated @MSU_Medicine teacher based in Marquette 5+
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RT @RonFilipkowski: “We are pleased to report from the new MAGA Patriotic Bureau of Labor Statistics that thanks to Leader Trump employment….
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RT @MSUOEM: People with #asthma should have yearly pulmonary function tests (PFTs). When was your last test? https:….
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Sanity restored? With boost to @NIH budget, Senate panel rejects Trump’s plan to slash agency. Even amidst the darkest news, @michiganstateu, @MSUMD, @MSU_Medicine & @HFH_MSU_HS stayed resolute in our commitment to dramatically increase our research enterprise. Because.
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While I couldn’t be there, the Hong group, along with Ruya Liu lab, was well represented at the #2025BCVS meeting in Baltimore! Daniela Fuller presented her tour de force PhD work on small molecules that selectively promote human cardiomycyte proliferation without disrupting
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Some of the very best trainees I have known are IMG’s, but what about equally qualified US college graduates who were blocked from their goal of becoming a physician to their neighbors or physician scientists due to exorbitant costs & extremely competitive admissions of US.
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Not just to fill spots. They’ve been some of the smartest and hardest working trainees I’ve worked with @YaleMed @AYOKUNLE_MD @CesarCaraballoC @AbushoukMD @Gastanadui_MG.@sacalle1.
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Holy cow! It looks like Eli Lilly took a $2B gamble & won. In a potentially huge news for our patients suffering from muscle loss due to heart failure, malignacy or just hip fracture, bimagrumab was shown to help people lose fat AND gain muscle at the same time. Eventually,
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NIH Ends Funding for Animal-Only Studies. Having just served as the Chair of the first NIH #Complement_ARIE study section to promote development of human-based #NAMs (New Approaches Methodologies), I am just as stunned as everyone that NIH announced it will no longer fund.
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The Hong group made a strong showing at the International #Zebrafish Meeting at @UWMadison. Dr @cwilliamszf presented his groundbreaking work on visualizing extracellular acidic domains in live animals, with implications for #musculardystrophy. Dr. Leif Neizel showcased our
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Medicine without Science is Quackery. Evidence before Testimonials. #ResearchSavesLives .@MSUMD @MSU_Medicine @michiganstateu
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