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Christos Argyropoulos MD PhD<p>The Texas State Plan for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CKD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CKD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chronic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chronic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kidney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kidney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disease</span></a> Treatment, is 🔥 💪 <br><a href="https://www.hhs.texas.gov/sites/default/files/documents/state-plan-ckd-treatment-jan-2025.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hhs.texas.gov/sites/default/fi</span><span class="invisible">les/documents/state-plan-ckd-treatment-jan-2025.pdf</span></a> <br>Key points:<br>1) Expands early screening<br>2) Acknowledges socioeconomic factors in CKD<br>3) Integrates <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/proteinuria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>proteinuria</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EGFR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EGFR</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genetics</span></a><br>4) School screening for proteinuria &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hypertension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hypertension</span></a></p>
CellBioNews<p><a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/Phoenix_Fluor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Phoenix_Fluor</span></a>#555: Ultra-photostable fluorescent molecule reveals hidden dynamics of <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/intracellular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intracellular</span></a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/proteins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>proteins</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/PF555" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PF555</span></a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/EGFR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EGFR</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-02-phoenix-fluor-ultra-photostable-fluorescent.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-02-phoenix-</span><span class="invisible">fluor-ultra-photostable-fluorescent.html</span></a></p>
CellBioNews<p>A stealth <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/fungus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fungus</span></a> has decimated North American <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/bats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bats</span></a>, but scientists may be a step closer to treating <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/white_nose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>white_nose</span></a> syndrome.</p><p><a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/epizootic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epizootic</span></a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/Pseudogymnoascus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pseudogymnoascus</span></a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/infection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infection</span></a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/keratinocytes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>keratinocytes</span></a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/EGFR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EGFR</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-07-stealth-fungus-decimated-north-american.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-07-stealth-</span><span class="invisible">fungus-decimated-north-american.html</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>A recently developed ⭐️<a href="https://c.im/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccine</span></a> for dogs⭐️ is showing promising results in clinical trials, which have been running since 2016, and there's hope that some of the benefits of the vaccine could be translated into human cancer treatments.</p><p>More than 300 dogs have been treated with the vaccine to date, and the twelve--month survival rate for canines with certain cancers has been lifted from about 35 percent to 60 percent. Tumors in many of the animals have also shrunk.</p><p>Known officially as the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Canine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canine</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/EGFR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EGFR</span></a>/#HER2 <a href="https://c.im/tags/Peptide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peptide</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cancer</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Immunotherapeutic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immunotherapeutic</span></a>, the treatment grew out of studies of autoimmune diseases, where the immune system damages the body's own tissue rather than any invading threats. <br>The vaccine is designed to get the immune system to attack cancer instead.</p><p>In many ways tumors are like the targets of autoimmune diseases," says rheumatologist <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mark</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mamula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mamula</span></a>, from the Yale University School of Medicine.</p><p>"Cancer cells are your own tissue and are attacked by the immune system. The difference is we want the immune system to attack a tumor."</p><p>As outlined in a 2021 study by Mamula and colleagues, the treatment gets the immune cells to produce antibody defenses, which attach themselves to tumors and interfere with their growth patterns.</p><p>Specifically, these antibodies hunt down two proteins: 🔸epidermal growth factor receptor 🔸( <a href="https://c.im/tags/EGFR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EGFR</span></a> ) and 🔸human epidermal growth factor receptor 2🔸 ( <a href="https://c.im/tags/HER2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HER2</span></a> ). </p><p>Mutations causing overexpression of these proteins drive uncontrolled cell division in some human and canine cancers.</p><p><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/breakthrough-cancer-vaccine-for-dogs-is-truly-revolutionary-scientist-says" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencealert.com/breakthrough-</span><span class="invisible">cancer-vaccine-for-dogs-is-truly-revolutionary-scientist-says</span></a></p>
CellBioNews<p>Novel technology allows comprehensive analysis of <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/membrane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>membrane</span></a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/protein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protein</span></a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/extracellular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extracellular</span></a> interactions.</p><p><a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/AirID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirID</span></a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/EGFR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EGFR</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-02-technology-comprehensive-analysis-membrane-protein.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-02-technolo</span><span class="invisible">gy-comprehensive-analysis-membrane-protein.html</span></a></p>
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