Stefan, who is clearly better at Twitter than I am, managed to get figure 1 to show on his tweet. So I retweet.

Excellent work by our colleagues down the road.

A universal truth

1st in our Pleural Review Series #Semin #Respir Crit Care Med this month: 'Global Burden of Pleural Diseases' by @atrembla Niloofar Taghizadeh. Useful data to put magnitude to #pleural disease worldwide: excellent to cite for Intro section of any pleural work! #MedEd #MedTwitter UK Pleural Society

We really need to be careful with bronchiectasis, we’re still learning.

Well this is news to me

A mind-blowing paper has come out today in nature In 2016, JC Venter Institute scientists trimmed a bacterial genome to its barest minimum required for life to synthesize what they called a "minimal genome" (science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…). Today, a group of scientists from

Low airway surface pH impairs antimicrobial host defence and worsens airway inflammation. A novel, inhaled, alkaline buffer medication, Optate, raises airway pH and inhibits RSV infection in primary human airway epithelial cells in a dose-dependent manner. bit.ly/4138MAM

Join us on Aug 2 for the Interventional Pulmonology Update Series Symposium! Presented by The Institute for Respiratory Health & Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Interventional Bronchoscopy Unit. Don't miss out, READ MORE at wabip.com/events/601-lun…

Traditional cultures for diagnosing infection are limited by sensitivity & can require days to give results. The CHEST #Sepsis Resources Steering Committee outlines newer molecular methods that may be able to identify pathogens & drug resistance sooner: hubs.la/Q01YnMv10

Toddler's T cells are taught in muco-school | Science Immunology science.org/doi/full/10.11…

Clinical characteristics of chylothorax: results from the International Collaborative Effusion database openres.ersjournals.com/content/9/5/00…

What a player

I mean, I’ve aged about 30 years in the last 2 hours, but totally worth it

This deserves many many reposts. Affordable Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Modulator Drugs for CF: All CF Lives Worldwide Matter! | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine atsjournals.org/doi/full/10.11…

#MyOAarticle "Optimising the yield from bronchoalveolar lavage on human participants in infectious disease immunology research" received 905 downloads since its publication. Access the article here: nature.com/articles/s4159…

theconversation.com/the-peer-revie… Some interesting things to consider. I have to agree that peer review does not always guarantee quality…

What a journey. Thanks SU, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

🟩#TB pleural effusion: Diagnosis + Rx; a topic relevant to all pulmonologists/general physicians. Jane Shaw will discuss on Feb 5 at THE AUSTRALASIAN #PLEURAL SEMINARS. Join us! Alejandro ERS AABIP TSANZ ARNS TBN TuBerculosisNews CDC TB Pulm PEEPs