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Carmen Phillips

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Senior science writer at @SU2C & @SU2Cscience. Two decades of cancer communication under my belt and, if I have anything to do with it, more to come. Comments and opinions my own.

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Human hippocampal neurogenesis in adulthood, ageing and Alzheimer’s disease - Nature Mapping of neurogenesis in human hippocampi across ages and different cognitive abilities using multiomic single-cell sequencing reveals distinct signatures between cognitive preservation and decline.

New @nature.com
The brains of Super Agers produce more neurons than people some 50 years younger, a neurogenesis resilient signature linked to exceptional cognitive health and memory skills
nature.com/articles/s41...

25.02.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 203 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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Somatic evolution following cancer treatment in normal tissue - Nature High-depth sequencing of non-cancerous tissue from patients with metastatic cancer reveals single-base mutational signatures of alcohol, smoking and cancer treatments, and reveals how exogenous factor...

New study in @nature.com reveals mutational impact in normal tissue of things like smoking, drinking, & #cancer treatments. Median 25% of mutations caused by such "exogenous" factors. Smoking a doozy for the lungs: each pack year = 20 mutations per cell! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

18.12.2025 14:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Health-Related Social Needs and Health Care Utilization This cohort study of Medicare and Medicaid recipients examines the association of health-related social needs with inpatient and emergency department utilization and whether resolution of health-related social needs is associated with a reduction in utilization.

In this cohort study, most health-related social needs (HRSNs) were associated with ED visits, with strongest associations for housing instability and transportation. ja.ma/3N1MbSM

16.12.2025 13:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A figure showing invasive disease–free survival with trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) and trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1).

A figure showing invasive disease–free survival with trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) and trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1).

In patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer and residual disease after neoadjuvant therapy, trastuzumab deruxtecan improved invasive disease–free survival but carried a risk of interstitial lung disease. Full DESTINY-Breast05 phase 3 trial results: nej.md/4an3Az2

10.12.2025 19:05 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Noninferiority of One HPV Vaccine Dose to Two Doses | NEJM Multidose human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is efficacious, yet the vaccine has been underused globally. Emerging data suggest that a single dose may provide protection. Whether a single dose ...

Particularly on the heels of the remarkable data out of Australia of ZERO cervical cancer dx in people <25 (in 2021), it's shocking to me that these findings on one dose of the #hpvvaccine haven't received more attention: www.nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1... #prevention #cancer

11.12.2025 13:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dr. Heather Landau, a cellular therapist at MSK, recently presented findings from a phase 1 clinical trial for patients with light chain (AL) amyloidosis with at the 2025 @ash.hematology.org Annual Meeting. #ASH25

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08.12.2025 19:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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18% overall w/ G2+ LV systolic dysfunction. No sig benefit w/ ACEi before LV systolic dysfunction but possible protective effect w/ earlier initiation. (2/2) #ASH25

08.12.2025 21:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Impact-AL: A phase 2 clinical trial of teclistamab and daratumumab in previously untreated AL amyloidosis Background and Significance: Systemic immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis remains a challenging disease, with current frontline regimens faili…

A new clinical trial funded by @su2c.bsky.social and J&J for people with a difficult-to-treat disease called AL-amyloidosis. The trial, led by Dr. Suzanne Lentzsch of @columbiamed.bsky.social, will test the combination of (1/2) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

08.12.2025 19:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0