Clive Cookson
@clivecookson
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Senior science writer, Financial Times. All views are mine or borrowed from other people — and not necessarily the FT's.
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Joined February 2009
The most recent AMR surveillance charts the continued rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs https://t.co/RCG4TSnVSC via @ft
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Levels of antimicrobial resistance highest in south-east Asia and eastern Mediterranean
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The latest in our series about longevity companies. A sisterly enterprise seeking to stop unwanted cell death. @LinkGevity
https://t.co/GZEZi2u8yf via @ft
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Cambridge-based LinkGevity focuses on preventing the process of necrosis
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Scientists detail Delphi-2M, an AI model trained on large-scale health records that can predict susceptibility to over 1,000 diseases decades into the future (@clivecookson / Financial Times) https://t.co/00Og7oskan
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Clive Cookson / Financial Times: Scientists detail Delphi-2M, a generative AI model trained on large-scale health records that can predict susceptibility to 1,000+ diseases decades from now
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Gut guru Tim Spector moves on from popularising the human microbiome -- trillions of beneficial bacteria in our intestines -- to urge us to add a further multitude of microbes by making and eating as much fermented food as we can @timspector
https://t.co/j85sh2daDe via @ft
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The gut guru champions the benefits of consuming lots of kefir, kombucha, kimchi and kraut
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Important new real-world evidence that AI may harm performance. @clivecookson @FT
https://t.co/o2QREpNbA2 Routine AI assistance hits skills of health experts performing colonoscopies
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MODERATOR: Are you willing to commit to NOT raise the sales tax? MIKIE SHERRILL: I'm not going to commit to anything right now. On Nov. 4, vote NO on Mikie Sherrill. ❌
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Experts warn the materials were causing extensive disease ‘at every stage’ of human life, ahead of UN talks on a global plastics treaty https://t.co/wcvr22EITz
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A million thanks ABSW. Too emotional to say much more now than ‘what an honour’
🏆#ABSWawards 2025 🎉Lifetime Achievement Award🎉 Clive Cookson, Financial Times @clivecookson @FT 👏👏👏Congratulations!!! Clive Cookson became FT senior science writer in October 2023, after more than 30 years as science editor.
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Organ ageing research shows that the brain is 'the guardian of longevity' https://t.co/Jc2ZoMjmFL via @ft
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Researchers develop blood tests to study ‘biological age’ of the body’s organs and tissues
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Spritz Vibe. Limited Edition. Frosted over & fresh for the season, Spritz Vibe Sparkling Snowball Frost Limited Edition is here! CELSIUS. LIVE. FIT. GO.
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Two of our finest mathematical writers, Marcus du Sautoy and David Darling, have new books out about the intertwining of maths, music and artistic creativity. https://t.co/LADQEZcncF via @ft
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From Mozart and Dostoyevsky to Jackson Pollock — two books reveal the fundamental and sometimes surprising intertwining of mathematics and creativity
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Some vaccines may offer double protection against dementia. New study suggests that they not only suppress viral infection but also modulate the brain's immune response through their added adjuvants https://t.co/HAB0wAVMbC via @ft
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Oxford research shows adjuvant chemicals included in vaccinations may enhance their antiviral effect
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Many UK universities are in financial trouble but Queen Mary has the confidence to buy a large site in Whitechapel to expand its biomedical campus and then spend £750mn with partners developing it https://t.co/zzCdC9RdOk via @ft
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Queen Mary plans to develop £750mn biomedical campus after buying site from government
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A new Welsh dragon raises $140mn to breathe fire into the moribund field of antidepressant development @cardiffuni
https://t.co/DVgjL3b3HB via @ft
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$140mn financing will allow Draig Therapeutics to move drug candidates into clinical trials
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Best summer books of 2025: Environment, Science and Technology chosen by @pilitaclark @johnthornhillft and me
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Pilita Clark, Clive Cookson and John Thornhill select their best mid-year reads
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A look into the science and business of weather forecasting with @Mikepeeljourno. Predictions have become much more accurate in past decades. AI promises further improvement -- so long as met data continues to flow freely https://t.co/ezeMCCj8JR via @ft
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Rapidly advancing technology is helping meteorologists to make more accurate and detailed forecasts even further into the future
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Now available: Dark Mode in Hebbia. Built for long hours and deep focus – in a design that adapts to how investors and bankers actually work.
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Another advance for organoid research. Creating the brain's pain pathway in a lab dish @Sergiu_P_Pasca
https://t.co/l5HlyxMPHM via @ft
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Research breakthrough promises new treatments for severe pain
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“Scientists deploy AI to better predict wildfires helping to mitigate disasters such as the one that recently devastated Los Angeles” @clivecookson #AI #ClimateCrisis #Mitigation #Wildfires
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Model takes into account weather forecasts as well as factors such as levels of flammable vegetation and human activity
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“Predictions for up to 15 days ahead expected to improve tracking of extreme events” @clivecookson #AI #Climate #Europe #ExtremeWeather #WeatherForecasting
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Predictions for up to 15 days ahead expected to improve tracking of extreme events
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Exosome research is fast gathering pace https://t.co/JAshqzDCBS via @ft
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Research highlights how lifestyle and living conditions can substantially increase risk of early death and disease
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After a short period of stunned silence, US scientists are beginning to fight back against Trump's myriad anti-science actions. My roundup at the end of an eventful AAAS meeting in Boston. @aaas
https://t.co/8m51GkbNuu via @ft
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AAAS chief says more disruption threatens to undermine crucial healthcare and research, ahead of next month’s fiscal bill
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