@L_Howes

Journo for @cenmag with a taste for biomolecules; All opinions are mine, all mine. She/her. DMs open. I say my name like this: https://xitter.cf/t.co/a8q204f3Xh

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Joined May 2009
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Just a reminder, I'm probably more often at bsky.app/profile/laurahowes.… than here these days.
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Rowan Walrath@rowanwalrathSep 1
What are the most important ingredients for chemical innovation? For @cenmag, my colleague Shea Murphy and I sought to find out. 🧵
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Ali Mortazavi
@AAMortazaviAug 16
The state of biotech today giftarticle.ft.com/giftartic… Biotech VCs have become like bankers and we might all pay the price

Biotech VCs have become like bankers and we might all pay the price

A shift in business models conflicts with the long-term nature of developing new drugs and treatment

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@zenbrainestAug 15
First human trials of designer protein therapies stun US neuroscientists cen.acs.org/biological-chemi… via @cenmag

First human trials of designer protein therapies stun US neuroscientists

Chinese researchers are testing DREADDs, a gene therapy to turn down neuronal activity, in the clinic

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“Seven days after the girl’s medical team infused trillions of viruses carrying the recipe for the base editor into her spinal fluid, she died of a severe immune reaction linked to the therapy.” Today’s must read. science.org/content/article/…

Exclusive: Death of girl in Chinese gene-editing trial was never made public

Parents want accountability after study went disastrously wrong, Science and Retraction Watch investigation reveals

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Rowan Walrath@rowanwalrathJul 20
In the picture on her GoFundMe page, Mia Delli Gatti looks bright and cheerful. She sticks out her tongue and curls her left hand into a “rock on” symbol. The sun shines through the short, dark curls that halo her face. 1/
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It gets earlier every year... Next Wednesday, join me and an expert panel to discuss who might win the 2025 #ChemNobel. Free to attend. Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2025 Time: 2–3 PM ET Register here: acs.org/acs-webinars/library…
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I am so honored that a feature I published in @cenmag in September, "R&D for long COVID is collapsing," was selected as a finalist among trade publications in the 2025 @NIHCMfoundation Awards in Journalism and Research. I am in some great company here. nihcm.org/news/finalists-sel…

Finalists Selected: The 2025 NIHCM Awards in Journalism and Research

It is our great pleasure to announce the finalists for the 31st Annual NIHCM Awards in research and journalism....

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John D Carroll
@JohnCendpts12 May 2025
Big Pharma has no problem committing billions to moving part of its manufacturing to the US to appease Trump, but they'll fight MFN pricing tooth and nail. I don't see Trump making it stick. But the new bomb throwing destabilizes the industry even more. Heckuva sorry excuse for "reform."
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The CDU-SPD government are choosing gas over nuclear. The Greens have a lot to answer for
dpa news agency
@dpa_intl9 May 2025
Germany's new Economy Minister Katherina Reiche has called for the rapid construction of new gas-fired power plants in the country to support the country's energy supply when renewable sources are unavailable.
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SCOOP: NIH abruptly canceled a slew of #LongCOVID studies funded through its RECOVER initiative this week, including 45 pathobiology studies designed to uncover how the disease works inside the body. @cenmag cen.acs.org/policy/research-…

NIH cancels grants through flagship long COVID initiative

Termination ‘a waste of the money we’ve spent already’

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Tomorrow will have been 5 years since WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Today, @cenmag is publishing a cover package we're ambitiously describing as The Next 5 Years of COVID-19. 🧵
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Academic researchers want to repurpose drugs for #LongCOVID. Manufacturers aren’t supplying them. 🧵
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Replying to @OPCW
@OPCW conforms presence of CS gas in samples from an alleged incident at the frontline during Ukraine requested Technical Assistance Visit. The use of CS and other riot control agents in warfare is a violation of the chemical Wespons Convention.
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@OPCW18 Nov 2024
🔴OPCW report on Technical Assistance Visit to #Ukraine confirms presence of toxic chemical 2-Chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile, known as CS, related to an alleged incident that took place along confrontation lines in #Dnipropetrovsk region on 20 September 2024 Read more: opcw.org/media-centre/news/2……
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Germany, France, Belgium and the EU should release the $300 billion in frozen Russian assets and give it to Ukraine, now. Don't wait. theatlantic.com/internationa…

Putin Isn’t Fighting for Land in Ukraine

And Biden has mere weeks to give the Ukrainians the resources they need to fight.

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I just had a very German reaction to that photo. My assimilation continues...
Matthew Herper
@matthewherper15 Nov 2024
Want to Network in Silicon Valley? Bring a Bathing Suit wsj.com/lifestyle/sauna-netw…

Want to Network in Silicon Valley? Bring a Bathing Suit

Instead of bars and restaurants, saunas are the new place for investors and founders to socialize and raise money

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The best piece about founder-led biotech I’ve read to date is in @cenmag by @BosBizRowan Honored to be in print besides incredible founders like @DrSynbio @ashleyz413 @celinehalioua @jrkelly @kulesatony cen.acs.org/business/start-u…

Founder-led biotech is gaining steam

Scientists who want a say in the future of their inventions are once again moving from academia to the C-suite

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Nominate an outstanding early-career chemist for the Talented 12 Class of 2025. Submissions are open until January 21: cen.acs.org/sections/talente… #CENT12
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Israel's Interior Ministry is suspending ties with Haaretz newspaper after its publisher Amos Schoken called Israel an "apartheid regime" engaged in "second Nakba" at a conference in London last week israelhayom.com/2024/10/31/i…
C14
@C14_news30 Oct 2024
מו"ל 'הארץ', עמוס שוקן, במופע אנטי ישראלי: "מחבלים פלשתינים הם לוחמי חירות, יש להטיל סנקציות על רוה"מ, סמוטריץ', בן גביר וצה"ל מבצעים נכבה שניה בעזה" #המהדורה_המרכזית @MaggieTabibi @IshayFridman
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