Killian Hurley

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@ilfa-ireland.bsky.social

Air pollution contributes significantly to lung diseases such as asthma, COPD, and lung fibrosis 🫁.
Are we making the matter worse with ‘low smoke’ fuel?

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@europeanrespsoc.bsky.social

‘Low-smoke’ fuels found to be potentially more harmful to health – study Study finds that replacing smoky fuels with ‘low smoke’ counterparts results in a two- to three-fold increase in ultrafine particle emissions

The burning of ‘low smoke’ manufactured fuels are potentially more harmful to human health than traditional home-heating methods, new Irish research has found. www.imt.ie/news/low-smo...

Will Childhood Air Pollution Lead to Adult Brain Disease? Dr. Ray Dorsey Answers at Moms’ Annual Summit on March 4 - Moms Clean Air Force “The seeds of adult-onset brain diseases are often planted early and possibly in childhood,” says neurologist Dr. Ray Dorsey. “One of the causes of these seeds is likely outdoor air pollution."

New Post! Will Childhood Air Pollution Lead to Adult Brain Disease? Dr. Ray Dorsey Answers at Moms’ Annual Summit on March 4 www.momscleanairforce.org/dr-ray-dorse...

#ChurchOfRockAndRoll #54 Van Morrison wrote & sang the songs on Astral Weeks, and is usually the only name credited with its creation. But the album's producer + musicians played a massive part. The album couldn't have been what it was without them #AstralWeeks #VanMorrison

🔬 Years before working with Neumirna, our Director Prof @dchenshall.bsky.social focused on miR-134, now part of their lead epilepsy programme. Reducing miR-134 can help control seizures and normalize brain cell activity, forming the basis of NMT.001.

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A welcome U-turn

Hopefully a sign RFK’s antivaccine faction is being marginalised

FDA political appointee Prasad had first overruled FDA scientists. Then POTUS reported to have pressured FDA Commissioner Makary. Next, FDA agreed to review the application

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Farmers warn of slurry storage issues after wet weather Farmers in the east of the country hit by significant wet weather in recent weeks have said they are struggling with slurry storage capacity, as they are unable to spread slurry on saturated ground.

www.rte.ie/news/2026/02...

GWAS and multiomic analyses uncovers rheumatoid arthritis endotypes
doi.org/10.1002/art....

High IFN-I expression linked to lung disease and drug-assoc immune reactions in Still's disease
doi.org/10.1002/art....

Enhancing tuberculosis care in lower and middle-income countries through digital adherence technologies Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health challenge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), with treatment adherence being a critical issue. In recent years, digital adherence technologies (DATs) have emerged as a promising appr...

Breathe: By utilising digital adherence technologies and data-driven insights we can make progress towards achieving the goals of TB elimination and ensuring care for people with TB in resource-limited settings: https://publications.ersnet.org/content/breathe/22/1/250173

📆 One month to go!

With onsite spaces selling fast, register soon to avoid missing out on the 24th ERS Lung Science Conference – from 19–22 March in Estoril, Portugal (and online).

Book your place: https://channel.ersnet.org/hp-126-1-registration

Mike I like your scaffold analogy and we can ask or institutions and societies to do more to support the conversation.

I see @europeanrespsoc.bsky.social is now on @bsky.app and @atscommunity.bsky.social are also active.
We need more engagement from our universities.
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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

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X’s feed algorithm increases engagement but also swings users attitudes to the right.

What effects could it also have on engagement with science and policy?

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www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The next time you hear some politician blaming pearl mussels or the Habitats Directive for flooding disasters, might be a good time to point this out to to them.

Thank you @acr-journals.bsky.social for listening. We need more leaders to change and engage with researchers on @bsky.app

Trump’s repeal of landmark Obama-era climate rule: four key takeaways Environmental groups say ‘cynical and devastating’ reversal of endangerment finding has grave implications

Science isn't a suggestion—it's how we keep our kids safe. 🩺 The move to ignore the health risks of carbon pollution is a major step back, but we aren't backing down. The legal fight to protect our air begins now! ✊🌬️ #ClimateAction #MomLife #ScienceMatters

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Proud to say Ireland 🇮🇪 is doing well at position 11 but could do better and make the top 10.

#CleanAir

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I think our journals, societies, and institutions need to do better at supporting @bsky.app and drop X.

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@atscommunity.bsky.social
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I feel that is still more wishful thinking than a reality, Bluesky is not even close to Science Twitter in the heydays of 2015-2021 & there’s still way more science action on evil Twitter than on benevolent Sky. But I’m willing to keep trying.
And it keeps improving (drafts are a great addition)

Government open to banning vapes in cars with children, says Taoiseach Micheál Martin says he is worried vapes came to market ‘without any proper health assessment’

Hopefully soon in Ireland 🇮🇪 too.

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Excellent initiative in England.
Let’s see this happen in the Republic of Ireland 🇮🇪 too.

#CleanAir

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Vaping in cars carrying children to be banned in England Rising evidence that secondhand vapour from e-cigarettes poses health risks, government says

Vaping in cars carrying children to be banned in England

Rising evidence that secondhand vapour from e-cigarettes poses health risks, government says
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

“You can rescind a finding, but you can’t rescind the truth.” And like that, civil rights leader Dr. Benjamin Chavis gets to the heart of why the Endangerment Finding won’t stand.

@risestjames.bsky.social

#Women&GirlsinScienceDay Academic & particle physicist Anne Kernan was a huge advocate for women in science, on one occasion funding a trip to CERN for an undergrad she had never met, meeting her at the airport and paying for her accommodation until funding came through. www.dib.ie/biography/ke...

I love it.
Humbled hound indeed!
I’m definitely putting some of this language into my next LinkedIn post!

Agreed - not the discussion the field needs and very corporate hiring focused. It does reach an audience that wouldn’t usually engage with science or medicine and again I do get some interaction with patients and advocacy. Also spotted some papers I would have missed while in exile from Twitter.

I posted here about an important local environmental issue yesterday and there was huge engagement - so there is an appetite for discussion but not the same for MedSci.

LinkedIn offers something different … more corporate and cautious reaching a different audience.

Rephrasing question to revive #CurePF4All convo here: Do megakaryocytes contribute to Pulmonary Fibrosis?
What think you @ipfdoc.bsky.social @drpujamehta1.bsky.social @knipelab.bsky.social @elizabethredente.bsky.social @ild-ipfdoc.bsky.social @kerrijohannson.bsky.social
@drdayjee.bsky.social ?

LinkedIn has been growing in terms of reposting papers and at least their is some engagement. Also patient groups live there too and can help to disseminate our work directly to patients which I really like.
However no discussion of the science so far.
🧪

Agree - Megakaryocytes are involved in fibrosis in the marrow but how do they get involved in fibrosis in the lung? @ild-ipfdoc.bsky.social @ipfdoc.bsky.social