For the ULTIMATE review on all things pregnancy and IBD, check out this article in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology . Brilliant job by Max Brondfield, MD UCSF Health UCSFIBD rdcu.be/c8RIA

A staggering 8️⃣0️⃣ % of physicians report that #priorauth can lead to treatment abandonment. We don’t need a program that will cause more delays to GI patient care! I’m writing UnitedHealthcare to tell them to stop new prior auth requirements – have you? ow.ly/rnHq50Nq9OR

.Innate Pharma out-licenses antibodies for celiac disease to Takeda in deal worth $400M bioworld.com/articles/69580… #biotech #pharma

Why everyone with Parkinson's disease should take 'just one' multivitamin a day, especially if on levodopa therapy. Read this month's blog which also has some tips on vitamin toxicity. Let's celebrate Parkinson's Awareness month by learning together. parkinsonsecrets.com/blog/why-every…

Red alert for #GITwitter !

“Say something that sounds like an answer” - really captures why we have to tread carefully with ChatGPT and #LLMs in medicine

This story makes me feel a weird mix of “we’re doomed” and “life will find a way” cnn.com/2023/04/17/wor…

Flagship-founded biotechs and the microbiome have just not been a great fit. Evelo Biosciences continues to hit road blocks, with new dose cohort data in patients w/ ezcema mirroring past failures. The biotech is now pivoting and laying off more staff. fiercebiotech.com/biotech/flagsh…

#LosAngeles #PerryMason

Ok. Now I'm getting scared. nytimes.com/2023/05/01/tec…

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Prior authorization requirements by insurance companies should be banned.

imp paper finds inconsistencies between AlphaFold predictions and experimental protein structures. one explanation: environment (eg pH) influences structure, but isn't incorporated into ML models bottom line: predict in silico, validate in vitro/vivo biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Jonathan Segal Nearly always ghostwritten protocol/trial design, stats analysis, and first drafts. Too much at stake.

Well this thread was as enlightening as it was shocking

"There are no existing AI/ML systems that mitigate clinical failure risks due to target choice or toxicology," wrote Derek Lowe, blogger & director in chemical biology & therapeutics at biopharma based in MA. science.org/content/blog-p…. "We do not have enough data & we do not have

#Constipation is one of the most common non-motor symptoms of #Parkinsons. But Parkinson's can cause other gut changes, too. To learn how, and what you can do, read michaeljfox.org's latest blog, written by gastroenterologist (GI) doctor Wael El-Nachef. bit.ly/3IMrEfY

Meet my brave little friend Oliver Nulsen … please check out friendsofoliver.com & join me and many others in helping him & others with Diamond Blackfan Anemia 🙏🏼💪🏼❤️ ABC7 Eyewitness News Josh Haskell Denise Dador

#AcademicTwitter Associate Deans I’m pretty sure one of Penn’s vice associate provosts was responsible for that post. Unbelievable!