How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
as I tell my Genetics class every year, this breakthrough is based on 70 years of NIH-funded, basic research, commercialized by biotech
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March 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
as I tell my Genetics class every year, this breakthrough is based on 70 years of NIH-funded, basic research, commercialized by biotech
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I dunno, I just feel like we should all stop treating people like shit based on their perceived genetics
November 23, 2024 at 4:11 AM
I dunno, I just feel like we should all stop treating people like shit based on their perceived genetics
Making some bomber jackets based on the companies in Marathon. First one is Sekiguchi Genetics. I should have the final done Friday and if enough people are interested Ill throw a few up on the site.
March 25, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Making some bomber jackets based on the companies in Marathon. First one is Sekiguchi Genetics. I should have the final done Friday and if enough people are interested Ill throw a few up on the site.
A president invoking race based genetics to bar immigrants isn't leadership, it's hate.
Congress, the media, and the American public need to call this out immediately.
But he’ll take their money and a 400 million dollar plane.👇
Congress, the media, and the American public need to call this out immediately.
But he’ll take their money and a 400 million dollar plane.👇
March 14, 2026 at 2:22 PM
A president invoking race based genetics to bar immigrants isn't leadership, it's hate.
Congress, the media, and the American public need to call this out immediately.
But he’ll take their money and a 400 million dollar plane.👇
Congress, the media, and the American public need to call this out immediately.
But he’ll take their money and a 400 million dollar plane.👇
So on the one hand if the question is, "do the Greeks and Romans have a sense of 'scientific' racism based on genetics" the answer is mostly no, but they *do* have all sorts of other bigotries, some of which are based on immutable characteristics that would fit a looser definition of racism.
September 18, 2026 at 1:28 PM
So on the one hand if the question is, "do the Greeks and Romans have a sense of 'scientific' racism based on genetics" the answer is mostly no, but they *do* have all sorts of other bigotries, some of which are based on immutable characteristics that would fit a looser definition of racism.
Research Briefings about our paper in Nature Genetics (atlas of human facial development): www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Human facial development atlas illuminates enhancer-based control of facial individuality - Nature Genetics
The facial skeleton is essential for eating, breathing, kissing, speech and personal identity. Our spatiotemporally resolved cell atlas of human embryonic craniofacial development will facilitate a de...
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September 25, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Research Briefings about our paper in Nature Genetics (atlas of human facial development): www.nature.com/articles/s41....
the roko basilisk guy is leading the charge
December 27, 2024 at 4:03 PM
the roko basilisk guy is leading the charge
Listen I understand some people might not know this but the big lesson of the World War Two thing was that "determining the value and traits of people based on genetics is bad, actually"
Exclusive: Adolf Hitler’s DNA has been sequenced by scientists
It has:
- shown he had a disorder which impacted his sexual development
- debunked rumours about his ancestry
- shown a high likelihood that he had a neurodivergent condition and/or bipolar disorder
www.thetimes.com/article/e728...
It has:
- shown he had a disorder which impacted his sexual development
- debunked rumours about his ancestry
- shown a high likelihood that he had a neurodivergent condition and/or bipolar disorder
www.thetimes.com/article/e728...
Hitler had hidden genetic sexual disorder, DNA analysis reveals
The Nazi dictator had Kallmann syndrome, which hinders normal puberty and the development of sexual organs, according to groundbreaking research
www.thetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Listen I understand some people might not know this but the big lesson of the World War Two thing was that "determining the value and traits of people based on genetics is bad, actually"
Out today in Nature Genetics: Using MS-based proteomics, we mapped 1,200+ plasma proteins in 2,100+ children, showing how genetics & development shape blood protein levels during childhood.
nature.com/articles/s41588-025-02089-2
#PediatricProteomics #pQTL
First author @liliniu.bsky.social explains ⬇️
nature.com/articles/s41588-025-02089-2
#PediatricProteomics #pQTL
First author @liliniu.bsky.social explains ⬇️
Plasma proteome variation and its genetic determinants in children and adolescents - Nature Genetics
This mass spectrometry-based proteomic study profiles the plasma proteome in 2,147 children and adolescents and reveals its association with age, sex, puberty, body mass index and genetics.
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February 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Out today in Nature Genetics: Using MS-based proteomics, we mapped 1,200+ plasma proteins in 2,100+ children, showing how genetics & development shape blood protein levels during childhood.
nature.com/articles/s41588-025-02089-2
#PediatricProteomics #pQTL
First author @liliniu.bsky.social explains ⬇️
nature.com/articles/s41588-025-02089-2
#PediatricProteomics #pQTL
First author @liliniu.bsky.social explains ⬇️
1. A bill to amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of such Act in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and
genetics at birth.
genetics at birth.
January 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
1. A bill to amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of such Act in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and
genetics at birth.
genetics at birth.
Conclusions: there are clear sex differences in immune cell modulation of pain; in healthy humans, testosterone is related to T cell frequencies; Treg frequency appears to be based on genetics (X-linked) alone.
September 23, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Conclusions: there are clear sex differences in immune cell modulation of pain; in healthy humans, testosterone is related to T cell frequencies; Treg frequency appears to be based on genetics (X-linked) alone.
ya I guess the difference to me is that while eugenics is a phony pseudoscience and monstrous, it's at least based on the idea of genetics, which is a real thing. By contrast wellness/anti-vaxxer/whatever-we're-calling-this is equally monstrous but not based on a real thing but on made up bullshit
I think its still eugenics to also base their view of life and death on who pays for their wellness traps and other grifts.
May 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
ya I guess the difference to me is that while eugenics is a phony pseudoscience and monstrous, it's at least based on the idea of genetics, which is a real thing. By contrast wellness/anti-vaxxer/whatever-we're-calling-this is equally monstrous but not based on a real thing but on made up bullshit
3. The bill itself stipulates that “sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth" for sports. However, it included no enforcement mechanism and applied to every sport, even dancing, darts, and chess!
January 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
3. The bill itself stipulates that “sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth" for sports. However, it included no enforcement mechanism and applied to every sport, even dancing, darts, and chess!
Including under-represented groups in population genomics data could reduce inequalities in genetics-based clinical care and personalized medicine
https://go.nature.com/4aZmx9i
https://go.nature.com/4aZmx9i
Genetic data from Indigenous Greenlanders could help to narrow health-care gap
Population genetics for the Greenlandic Inuit.
go.nature.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Including under-represented groups in population genomics data could reduce inequalities in genetics-based clinical care and personalized medicine
https://go.nature.com/4aZmx9i
https://go.nature.com/4aZmx9i
HOWEVER: Tregs are based exclusively on sex, NOT on gender. It's not related to hormone levels at all; rather, levels are an X-linked trait. Genetics, in this case, over hormone levels.
September 23, 2026 at 8:02 PM
HOWEVER: Tregs are based exclusively on sex, NOT on gender. It's not related to hormone levels at all; rather, levels are an X-linked trait. Genetics, in this case, over hormone levels.
A single-cell screening platform accelerates functional genetics in plants - @sattelylab.bsky.social go.nature.com/4n8wzLv
A single-cell screening platform accelerates functional genetics in plants - Nature Biotechnology
A pooled, cell-based, genetic screening platform in plants is used for the functional analysis of cytokinin signaling proteins.
go.nature.com
May 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
A single-cell screening platform accelerates functional genetics in plants - @sattelylab.bsky.social go.nature.com/4n8wzLv
Since science is no longer empirically based or even vibes based but simply reactionary, the FDA has just confirmed that autism is, in fact, genetic
September 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Since science is no longer empirically based or even vibes based but simply reactionary, the FDA has just confirmed that autism is, in fact, genetic
The genetics of people living in China must have changed a lot between 1960 and now based on this theory.
August 30, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The genetics of people living in China must have changed a lot between 1960 and now based on this theory.
Our review is out in Nature Reviews Genetics! rdcu.be/d5AY2
We show how phylogeny-based methods can resolve the problem of non-independence in genomic datasets.
These methods must be considered an essential part of the comparative genomics toolkit.
@lauriebelch.bsky.social @stuwest.bsky.social
We show how phylogeny-based methods can resolve the problem of non-independence in genomic datasets.
These methods must be considered an essential part of the comparative genomics toolkit.
@lauriebelch.bsky.social @stuwest.bsky.social
A phylogenetic approach to comparative genomics
Nature Reviews Genetics - Controlling for phylogeny is essential in comparative genomics studies, because species, genomes and genes are not independent data points within statistical tests. The...
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January 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Our review is out in Nature Reviews Genetics! rdcu.be/d5AY2
We show how phylogeny-based methods can resolve the problem of non-independence in genomic datasets.
These methods must be considered an essential part of the comparative genomics toolkit.
@lauriebelch.bsky.social @stuwest.bsky.social
We show how phylogeny-based methods can resolve the problem of non-independence in genomic datasets.
These methods must be considered an essential part of the comparative genomics toolkit.
@lauriebelch.bsky.social @stuwest.bsky.social
Get excited for tonight's Westminster best in show decision by diving into the science of dog breeds
Dog Genetics Reveal Surprising Relationships among Breeds
When it comes to dog traits, genetics-based lineages are more telling than human-made categories
www.scientificamerican.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Get excited for tonight's Westminster best in show decision by diving into the science of dog breeds