
Jeff Karp (Pronouns: he/him/his)
@MrJeffKarp
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Author of LIT: Life Ignition Tools (Harper Collins) - now out ✨ Husband-Father-Professor-Life Experimenter-Tinkerer-Academic-Entrepreneur-Bioinspirationalist 💫
Boston, MA
Joined October 2014
Trump Wants Proof That Covid Vaccines Work. It’s Easy to Find.
nytimes.com
In a post on Truth Social, the president suggested that the C.D.C. was being “ripped apart” over a question that was answered long ago.
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FDA targets talc in food and medicine https://t.co/OyfmqaYOiN via @cenmag
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Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN): Keeping you up to date with the chemistry news that matters most. Published by the American Chemical Society.
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Billions of sea stars have died...now we know why!!! Vibrio pectenicida strain FHCF-3 is a causative agent of sea star wasting disease
nature.com
Nature Ecology & Evolution - The causative agent of sea star wasting disease has been elusive. This study used genetic datasets and experimental exposures to demonstrate that a strain of the...
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Vapes release more toxic heavy metals than tobacco https://t.co/HwLpIP0mmp via @cenmag
cen.acs.org
And the longer a device is used, the more heavy metals and metalloids in its vapor
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AAV gene therapy for autosomal recessive deafness 9: a single-arm trial
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Corticosteroids are the main reason that immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy may fail in treating non-small cell lung cancer. https://t.co/XvmT0VQ5KN via @GENbio
genengnews.com
Patients on baseline steroids had lower ORR, and markedly shorter PFS survival and OS compared with those not receiving steroids.
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Mom Insists on X-Ray for Screaming Toddler After Docs Diagnose Him with a Stomach Bug. He Had Swallowed a Button Battery
people.com
When one of Madeline Dunn's 18-month-old twins woke up screaming in agony, she rushed him to the emergency room — and demanded an X-ray, which "saved my baby's life."
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First human genome from ancient Egypt sequenced from 4,800-year-old teeth
nature.com
Nature - Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ancient Egyptian.
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Device that uses biodegradable polymers to repair peripheral nerves gets FDA clearance The device offers many advantages over using sutures
statnews.com
A polymer-based device cleared by the FDA offers physicians a new way for repairing peripheral nerve injuries.
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2025 Warren Alpert Prize Honors Scientists Whose Discoveries Culminated in Novel HIV Treatment
hms.harvard.edu
Twice-a-year injection with lenacapavir can prevent HIV infection
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Plastic bag bans and fees reduce harmful bag litter on shorelines - Science Magazine
sciencemagazinedigital.org
INTRODUCTION: Plastic pollution has become a global problem, constituting the majority of marine litter, threatening wildlife, and damaging ecosystems.
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Hertz Fellow’s Tech Company Produces Food Without Farms
hertzfoundation.org
Hertz Fellow Kathleen Alexander wants chefs, food companies and consumers to rethink our food production chain and how it impacts the planet. What if your next croissant were made with butter that...
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Real-World GLP-1 Weight-Loss Results Differ From Trials
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The man who wrote the book on fermentation reveals his golden rule for gut health
independent.co.uk
A more diverse gut microbiome can improve everything from our immune function to mood and cognition, but as we get more familiar with the powers of kimchi, kefir and kombucha, Harry Bullmore talks to...
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Are Stem Cell Therapies Safe to Try? Stem cells can fight disease from the inside out. But not all treatments are created equal.
nytimes.com
Stem cells can fight disease from the inside out. But not all treatments are created equal.
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FDA clears first blood test for diagnosing Alzheimer’s https://t.co/z91ljpolRA via @statnews
statnews.com
The FDA has approved the first blood test for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease, which could speed the path to treatment for patients
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Wolbachia Drives Female DrosophilaPromiscuity to Enhance It’s Spread
genengnews.com
When fruit flies are infected with Wolbachia bacteria, their sex lives—and ability to reproduce—change dramatically.
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A quarter of children have a parent with substance use disorder, a study findsA quarter of children have a parent with substance use disorder, a study finds
npr.org
A new study estimates that 19 million children in the U.S. have a parent with a substance use disorder and that alcohol is the most commonly used substance by the parents.
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Scientists find subtypes of senescence
nih.gov
Researchers found that cells in skin that stop dividing but don’t die, called senescent cells, aren’t all the same, coming in three types with distinct treatment responses.
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The Ketchup Cleanup Mindset: How Progress Often Looks Like a Setback - Progress hides at first, but each effort fuels unseen growth. Honor the unfolding.
psychologytoday.com
Is your grind going nowhere? The ketchup test proves that your messiest moments are gold. Learn how to deliberately embrace the chaos.
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