Michael Taggart
@mick_tagg
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Scientist (physiologist), Dad, runner.
Joined July 2013
A question for @scandPhys, in particular, but also @ThePhySoc, @APSPhysiology, @theiups & others. What evidence can you provide that you are countering the deliberate dismissal of the scientific discipline of #physiology in communications by @NobelPrize and global media? 🤔
The 2025 medicine laureates have discovered how the immune system is kept in check. The body’s powerful immune system must be regulated, or it may attack our own organs. This year’s laureates identified the immune system’s security guards, regulatory T cells, which prevent
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Interesting #physiology research from @tim_m_curtis & colleagues at @WWIEM_QUB exploring the mechanisms of possible drug treatment for diabetic retinopathy. @DiabetesUK @ThePhySoc
New drug could help prevent sight loss in people with diabetes, study suggests https://t.co/4fO51ZNUQF
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How did we end up like this? How does she think this is a decent thing to say? I was always taught that you judge someone not by the colour of their skin, the accent they speak with or their gender but according to the strength of their character
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What a great photo!
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185 Truro fans made the 915 mile round trip to Gateshead today 👏
👏 Thank you to our magnificent fans, with 185 Tinners making the trip to Gateshead today. 📸 @ppauk ❤️🖤 #WeAreTheCity
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I'm surprised to learn this week that French and British museums consider theft wrong
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In the heart of Liverpool at Ma Boyle’s drinking their local beer 〜Ma’s Liverbrid bitter “That’s boss that, la!”
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Truro City set for 914-mile trip to Gateshead - English football's longest - BBC Sport
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This weekend, the 914 miles Truro City travel to Gateshead will become the new record for the longest away trip in English football.
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Greece accuses British Museum of ‘provocative indifference’ over pink ball
theguardian.com
Event seated guests near Parthenon marbles, which Greece wants returned, and raised £2.5m for museum
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Very enjoyable listening to @gilestremlett present the Spanish edition of his new biography of Franco in Barcelona this evening. Out in English in a few weeks. Looking very much forward to reading it.
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Voting YES because my employer cut 500+ jobs in 15 months and then styled itself the 'University of No Regrets'. My vote is also in solidarity with colleagues at other @UCU branches who have faced punitive deductions, mismanagement and misconduct from bosses. #WeAreTheUniversity
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Well done @krishgm for the expert chairing of this episode.
“We cannot become part of a lawless international system.” On the latest episode of The Fourcast, journalist and polemicist Peter Oborne outlines what he thinks the UK would have done if “the massacres which took place in Gaza” were carried out in Ukraine.
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Thank you to Channel Four for allowing me to discuss my book on British complicity in the destruction of Gaza, in discussion with retired British ambassador Edmund Fitton-Brown. https://t.co/jmumU8cgao
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This should be considered confirmation that Starmer’s going to allow private companies to use data for any purpose.
"We're not going to allow private companies to use data for any purpose." Keir Starmer claims that data collected through Digital IDs will never be sold off to companies like Palantir.
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Plaid Cymru storms to victory in Caerphilly ✍️ James Heale https://t.co/gNrP0IPyVY
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The Welsh nationalists have won almost half the vote in the Caerphilly by-election, storming to a victory in a seat that has voted Labour for more than a century. The party’s candidate Lindsay...
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A complete mystery, isn't it, as to how, 53 years later, no one - no one - in the UK state apparatus has evidence of who murdered these civilians in broad daylight. 🤔
Not guilty verdict in Bloody Sunday murder trial
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Rhetorical question.
Why did the judge acquit Soldier F in Bloody Sunday trial?
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Marathon record holder Chepngetich given three-year ban
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Women's marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich is banned for three years after the Kenyan admits to anti-doping rule violations.
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