Molecular biologist interested in the intricacies of life and beyond.
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This will outlive every short-sighted politician and billionaire taking the main stage right now and our valuable attention. Perspective matters. The health of our planet directly impacts the health of its inhabitants.
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Love the animals, love the plants, love everything.
If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things.
Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day.
And you will come at last to love the whole world with an all-embracing love.
The lives of innocent people deserve more respect than UHC, among countless other insurance agencies, are choosing to give. Our people deserve so much more.
#insurancefraud #unitedhealthcare
On January 7th, 2025 I shared a video, after I was asked to call UnitedHealthcare from the operating room to answer administrative questions about the patient who was having surgery to treat breast cancer. Despite my efforts, they denied her stay.
UnitedHealthcare didn’t stop at calling me during surgery. Now, they’ve sent me a legal threat—and even worse? They ended up denying my cancer patient’s hospital stay. Exactly what I was afraid would happen.
Staying overnight after major surgery isn’t optional—it’s medically necessary. But UnitedHealthcare decided they know better than the doctors caring for the patient.
When they called me while I was operating, I knew that if I didn’t step out and respond immediately, they might deny her stay—leaving her with a massive bill. So, with another surgeon in the OR, I scrubbed out and called them back. But after all of that? They denied her stay anyway.
And instead of fixing their broken system, they sent me a legal threat for speaking out.
I’m sharing their response in full, letting their words speak for themselves.
Let me be clear: I stand by everything I said. I told the truth. I was honest about what’s happening in our healthcare system. And I will not be silenced by legal threats when it comes to advocating for my patients and my ability to care for them.
Denying an overnight stay that a doctor orders is dangerous. The doctor caring for the patient should be able to make these decisions without delay, pressure, or harassment.
If I don’t speak up, I lose—my integrity, my voice, and the opportunity to make a difference. And while it’s intimidating to receive a letter like this from a company as powerful as UnitedHealthcare, I know where I stand.
I am a woman taking care of women affected by breast cancer. I do this work with all of my heart, and I will continue to speak up for my patients—because they deserve better.
I ask you to follow along, share this story, and have these conversations in your own communities. I know I’m not the only one dealing with this, and real change will take all of us telling our stories and standing up for what’s right.
I’m here for it. Are you?
You’re beautifully navigating new frontiers in science my friend @mukshud_ahamed !!
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Woo! This is very cool to see. Asteroid samples robotically harvested in space to prevent contamination prior to analysis. Wonderful to see new technologies expanding not only the breadth of feasible space research, but also our understanding of the origins of life on earth…and perhaps life forms elsewhere. 😉
Not only does Bennu contain all 5 of the nucleobases that form DNA and RNA on Earth and 14 of the 20 amino acids found in known proteins, the asteroid’s amino acids hold a surprise
go.nature.com/4hAISfn
Very exciting work! A beautiful peer into the looking glass of what is possible in the realm of quantum computing and drug discovery. The scalability will be very interesting to follow.
Big Day, Ladies and Gentlemen - Welcome our new paper with @A_Aspuru_Guzik , @stagljar , Mohammad Ghazi Vakili and other giants where we show the first application of a real IBM Quantum Computer for generation of new KRAS inhibitor synthesized and tested.
And while I do agree with Jensen Huang that it will take time for QC to enter our daily lives, this proof of concept (not making a claim of faster, cheaper, higher % of success) is very important as with more effort it can scale.
Also, very proud of our teams in Canada 🇨🇦 and in the UAE 🇦🇪 who contributed significantly to this work.
The paper is Open Access and the link is in the comments.
Such a treasure this article is. The first sentence triggered a semi-distant memory of learning to omit the flowery tone of my inner voice from scientific writing - at first, a skill I was certainly resistant to completely honing out of fear of losing my personal tone altogether. In hindsight, my persistently long-winded inner monologue should’ve put such worries to rest. 😂
“Newspaper reporters and technical writers are trained to reveal almost nothing about themselves in their writings.” -Kurt Vonnegut
Thank you so much for the warmest welcome, @mukshud_ahamed! I’m so grateful to have dear collegial friends such as yourself to discuss all things science and nature, where no idea is too big or too far out. It’s inspiring to mix creative and scientific thinking with you, and I’m so proud of the excellent work you’re bringing to our world. Cheers to you my friend! ✨
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"We estimate that the sources of drinking water for up to 23 million Americans could be contaminated above regulatory thresholds by wastewater-derived PFAS [forever chemicals] alone." @PNASNews
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24…
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If ravens spoke English, instead of "Nevermore" they might say "Always." Ravens form pair bonds that can last a lifetime. They reinforce those bonds through behaviors like preening, gifts, and courtship flights.
Photo: Bob Mize
ALT a close up of two ravens, one is preening the other
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Is "excited" the most misunderstood word in the English language?
Humans live by cycles, not constant highs. Boredom isn’t a flaw – it’s essential for balance and growth. A thought from the 'This Life of Mine' podcast with @JKCorden.
#ThisLifeOfMine #JamesCorden #Boredom #OrganicCycles
A Sentiment on Satisfaction
Who are we to suggest what should or should not satisfy another?
For some, the vastness of the universe is too visceral to keep feet firmly planted in the dirt of daily life. While for others, dirt-anchored feet is their only focus.
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Listen to Professor Tolkien, friends. Take the hidden paths this new year.
ALT Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate And though I oft have passed them by A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon and East of the Sun.
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Rolling into 2025 with this energy.
(Ralph Waldo Emerson, from an 1854 letter to his daughter)
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Researchers at @EMBLHeidelberg find that the common cough suppressant #dextromethorphan can reduce fibrillar collagen that contributes to lung #fibrosis in mice and human lung tissue. scim.ag/4a0x4QV
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A. Einstein on God ✍️
I am not an Atheist. I do not know if I can define myself as a Pantheist. The problem involved is too vast for our limited minds. May I do not reply with a parable? The human mind, no matter how highly trained, cannot grasp the universe. We are in the position of a little child, entering a huge library whose walls are covered to the ceiling with books in many different tongues. The child knows that someone must have written those books. It does not know who or how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. The child notes a definite plan in the arrangement of the books, a mysterious order, which it does not comprehend, but only dimly suspects. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of the human mind, even the greatest and most cultured, toward God.
-- as mentioned in Glimpses of the Great (1930) by G. S. Viereck
