Ben Johnson 🦠📝
@drbenjohnson
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Magazine Editor at @NatureMedicine and occasional writer on science, technology and health. Ex virologist 🦠 Charity trustee in Southwark, London 🏳️🌈
London, UK
Joined March 2009
CRISPR-containing bacteriophages are being developed by biotechs as an alternative to antibiotics. These viruses can kill harmful bacteria without damaging the healthy microbiome. Read more in my News analysis for @NatureBiotech .
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RT @TRUST_Project: Thank you @NatureMedicine for emphasizing the strong equity elements of the revised @medwma Declaration of Helsinki and….
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RT @TRUST_Project: Brilliant news, another high-profile adopter for the TRUST Code taking a stance against inequitable research, the Past….
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RT @TheLancet: GLP-1 receptor agonists, which are effective for weight loss, can cause substantial muscle loss. A Comment in @TheLancetEnd….
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RT @NatureMedicine: Health AI needs meaningful human involvement: lessons from war. Correspondence from James M. Hillis & Kenneth Payne @K….
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RT @NatureMedicine: The use and misuse of ‘biological aging’ in health research. World View by M. Arfan Ikram @erasmusuni. .
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RT @OtavioBerwanger: Our paper just published in Nature Medicine. @NatureMedicine . How to Make Cardiology Trials More Inclusive?. https://….
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RT @AfricaCDC: Rwanda’s Health Minister Dr. @nsanzimanasabin points to progress in controlling the #Marburg outbreak, assuring that measure….
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RT @NatureMedicine: PROTAC protein degraders to 'drug the undruggable' enter phase 3 trials. Read the latest Clinical Pipeline, by @edbite….
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Nature Medicine - Pharmaceutical companies are investing in therapies that target proteins for degradation, with trials ongoing for cancer, autoimmune diseases and neurological disorders.
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RT @AfricaCDC: Join us for this week’s press briefing as @AfricaCDC Director General, Dr. @JeanKaseya2, and Rwanda's Minister of Health, Dr….
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RT @NatureMedicine: ⭐Research highlight: Daily injection with the weight-loss drug #liraglutide was more effective than placebo (both combi….
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Nature Medicine - Daily injection with the weight-loss drug liraglutide was more effective than placebo (both combined with lifestyle interventions) at reducing weight in children 6–12 years of age...
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RT @NatureMedicine: The role of @US_FDA advisory committees. Comment from Emily C. Helms Williams, Namandjé N. Bumpus and @DrCaliff_FDA….
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Nature Medicine - FDA advisory committees provide useful recommendations for decision-making, but optimization efforts could help reduce burdens and improve public understanding.
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RT @AfricaCDC: #Mpox cases are rising across Africa, highlighting gaps in surveillance and testing. “Some countries report suspected cases,….
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RT @NatureMedicine: A novel application of #ASO technology adds to the growing number of personalized therapies for rare diseases; but path….
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Nature Medicine - A novel application of antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) technology, developed to treat a single patient, adds to the growing number of ‘personalized’ therapies for rare...
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RT @NatComputSci: 📢Our September issue is now live, and includes a Focus on the state of DEI in computational science, highlighting experts….
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RT @mvankerkhove: There is a pervasive myth that the DRC 🇨🇩 and other countries in Africa affected by the current #mpox outbreak lack capac….
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Global neglect led us to the current mpox outbreak. A global response, based on equity and solidarity, is the only thing that can get us out of it, writes WHO’s Maria D. Van Kerkhove.
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RT @DrTedros: Women account for 67% of the health and care workforce and yet they are still paid 24% less on average than men working in th….
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RT @EricTopol: Once again, ☕️☕️☕️ and caffeine linked with reduced cardiometabolic diseases.From @uk_biobank, >170,….
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AbstractContext. Cardiometabolic multimorbidity (CM) is an increasing public health concern. Previous observational studies have suggested inverse associat
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RT @natrevbioeng: Information on clinical trial progress of implanted brain-computer interfaces remains scarce. Join our webinar with Pepe….
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RT @mvankerkhove: 🆕Recordings and presentations now available from the #Mpox research and innovation organized by @WHO @rd_blueprint @CEPI….
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