I am a science writer and editor. I also like food, running, and yoga. All views expressed here are my own.
Atlanta, GA
Joined February 2010
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Ciara Curtin retweeted
A spate of consortiums, non-profits & research efforts are cropping up to build momentum for antisense oligonucleotides as a scalable drug development approach for treating ultra-rare or even "N-of-1" patient diseases precisionmedicineonline.com/… #raredisease #precisionmedicine
Ciara Curtin retweeted
Lots of #precisiononcology #cancertreatment news coming out of Madrid this weekend. Here's a little thread of my indefatigable @PrecOncNews team's #ESMO23 coverage so far (more to come!) @TurnaRay @alisonkanski @cathshaffer @ciarzc @myESMO 🇪🇸🧬📰🚨🙌
Ciara Curtin retweeted
IRA @CMSGov drug price negotiations kicked off this week, and while the firms with selected drugs all begrudgingly -- but still voluntarily -- agreed to participate, they're determined to challenge the law's constitutionality in front of the highest courts precisionmedicineonline.com/…
Ciara Curtin retweeted
Good morning #Atlanta and America, and a big salute to my friends + colleagues leaving @AtlantaMagazine -- those I worked for several years attempting to reconnect the city's namesake magazine to its diverse reality.
I hope this "woke" some people up.
washingtonpost.com/media/202…
Ciara Curtin retweeted
The DeKalb Avenue resurfacing project will begin on May 15, according to an announcement from the city of Atlanta. Officials project that the work will be done by this fall, depending on the weather; per @Decaturish.
wabe.org/long-awaited-dekalb…
Ciara Curtin retweeted
Exciting stuff on the horizon! (@PrecOncNews isn't going anywhere; it's just going to live in a broader vertical that spans biomarker-directed and/or patient-specific treatment not only in oncology, but also in rare diseases, cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disease, & more.)
Coming Soon! Precision Oncology News will relaunch as Precision Medicine Online on April 14, 2023. precisiononcologynews.com/fr…
Ciara Curtin retweeted
Can Atlanta follow up a first ever win over the Red Bulls with a first ever win at Yankee Stadium? dirtysouthsoccer.com/2023/4/…
Biogen has to convince regulators evaluating its drug for SOD1-ALS on using neurofilaments as a surrogate endpoint, writes @JessicaKimCohen in Precision Medicine Quarterly thejournalofprecisionmedicin…
In the latest issue of Precision Medicine Quarterly, @JessicaKimCohen looks into why drug companies continue to pursue anti-amyloid drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease even though the field has had setbacks thejournalofprecisionmedicin…
Ciara Curtin retweeted
When you’re trying to advance genomic medicine to help all populations, but you can only find data that come from people with European ancestry.
ALT Pedro Pascal in "The Last of Us" is leaning against a telephone pole and grabbing his chest. He looks devastated and sad.
Ciara Curtin retweeted
In 1979, President Carter had solar panels installed at the White House. These were later laughed at, derided and removed by officials of Reagan Administration.
Ciara Curtin retweeted
A high speed chase ended on Carroll St in Atlanta. Since I’ve lived here I’ve seen countless of high speed chases that come off of I-20 go down this street despite it being a narrow residential and commercial street at the heart of a community. It was a matter of time.
Ciara Curtin retweeted
𝟭𝟱𝟴 games. 𝟭𝟭𝟭 goals. 𝟰 trophies.
It's been an honor, @JosefMartinez17 👑
#ATLUTD announces it has released Josef Martínez.
Ciara Curtin retweeted
Josef Martínez has been told that he won't be part of Atlanta United's future. The club will move on from the former MVP this winter.
Details on what's next for Martínez and #ATLUTD's search for a new No. 9.
theathletic.com/3736771/2022…
Ciara Curtin retweeted
Atlanta Medical Center’s emergency room is now closed. The hospital will shut down completely on Nov. 1 after more than a century. @CapitalB_ATL
Ciara Curtin retweeted
In keeping with my campaign promise, my Administration is announcing a plan to give working and middle class families breathing room as they prepare to resume federal student loan payments in January 2023.
I'll have more details this afternoon.
ALT The Biden Administration's Student Loan Debt Plan: Forgiving debt: $20,000 if you went to college on Pell Grants $10,000 if you didn't receive Pell Grants Forgiveness only applies to those earling less than $125,000 Student loan pause extended one final time through Dec 31, 2022 Payment based on income: If you have undergraduate loans, you can cap repayment at 5% of your monthly income.
Ciara Curtin retweeted
The cancelation is a major blow to the city of Atlanta’s tourism trade and the city’s mystique as a music mecca. #gapol #atlpol
ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/br… – at Dunwoody, GA
Ciara Curtin retweeted
First draft genome sequence of Monkeypox virus associated with the suspected multi-country outbreak, May 2022 (confirmed case in Portugal).
See our post in @virological_org virological.org/t/first-draf…
Further sequencing and analysis ongoing.
