Increased deforestation & climate change continue to add to the predisposing conditions that may thrust Africa & Asia into other pandemics. Scientists urge better assessments of dengue & predictions on how far it could spread throughout the world. CIFOR bit.ly/3xRF4z0

At the #FoodNaturePeople event on 2 September, we will hear from a range of speakers, who will highlight ways the world can advance towards a system that will forge a new alliance on nature-positive solutions. Be part of the conversation! Register: bit.ly/3lT76rV .

📚 :Our planet is in crisis. Urgent calls for transformational change are getting louder, but who decides what kind of transformation is needed, of what, & for whom? What principles guide those decisions, and how are decision-makers held accountable? ➡️ bit.ly/2WXPAId

JUST IN: Work led by Ken Kehl Dana-Farber & Deb Schrag, now @sloan_kettering and Eli Van Allen: AI-aided clinical annotation of cancer genomic datasets: yes, deep NLP can annotate (PFS, OS) molecular datasets; cc Nature Communications OncoAlert go.nature.com/3DZJCX8

🌳 Check out our Global Tree Knowledge Platform, a platform that supports the better use of tree species – to promote the right tree in the right place for the right purpose – to bring greater benefits to humans and the environment. 👉 bit.ly/3utiVXo #ForestsMatter

[Chaleur x sécheresse] De l'Andalousie -> Pologne, les cultures de blé vont subir des temp échaudantes sur plusieurs jours durant la période la + sensible : floraison & début du remplissage du grain. Les conséquences peuvent être irrémédiables avec un avortement des grains.

Lewis Tunstall Thomas Wolf The field of causal representation learning is in its infancy, with unclear theoretical foundations and few practical uses, but it is becoming clear to me that this is likely to become an extremely important area of research. Some motivation&ideas in here: arxiv.org/abs/2102.11107

[Ambiance désertique] Le sirocco (vent chaud de sud) s'invite pour le week-end, marqué par : - des températures qui pourraient dépasser les 35°C. Certains modèles montent à 36-39°C. - une remontée modérée de sable du Sahara. Nous sommes en mai. Bienvenue dans le nouveau monde.

Pashtoon Kasi MD, MS Daniel Gerlach ASCO OncoAlert KRAS space is buzzing

Patritumab Deruxtecan Active in HER3-Expressing Metastatic Breast Cancer in Phase 1/2 Study dailynews.ascopubs.org/do/10.1200/ADN…

If we could submit all remaining rebellious #RAS targets…so much could be achieved for patients #ASCO22

🏆ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING 🏆 presentation by Elise Nassif Haddad from MD Anderson Cancer Center on Identifying gut microbial signatures associated with B cells and tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) in the tumor microenvironment (TME) in response to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) ASCO #ASCO22

Interesting perspective by Michael Bronstein The Gradient on the future of graph NNs beyond message passing and why the “geometry” of graphs may be either too poor or too rich, so thinking of graphs as discretisation of cont system may be useful. thegradient.pub/graph-neural-n…

Targeting the undruggable after Kras: FIH TP53 Y220C mutation drug. Nice preliminary activity and huge effort to find a drug for patients ⁦@cathy_ileana_md⁩ ⁦MD Anderson Cancer Center⁩

It is unsafe to drink rain water due to ⬆️ presence of “forever chemicals” polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). 🌧 #MedTwitter #health pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Clinical trials success rate by disease area (2010-2020) **Look at Hem rate of success from Ph2-Ph3: 48% while Oncology is at 25% bio.org/clinical-devel…

🤔 Marginal benefit of 124 cancer drugs U.S. FDA approved across 374 indications: OS +2.8 mo, PFS +3.3 mo, ⬇️ Lower OS & PFS for extensions? Read in #JCO: fal.cn/3r55c Dr. Dr. Daniel T. Michaeli

The explosion of single-cell and systems approaches in immunology risks leaving the uninitiated behind. Bonaguro et al provide a guide to #Systems_immunology that is designed for immunologists who want an introduction to the area. DOI:10.1038/s41590-022-01309-9

Responses can occur with RNA only Her2 expression (IHC/DNA not available). Thank you @jacobadashek (the closer) 🫵😁

Abstracts wanted! Showcase your work in AI for oncology and research by presenting an abstract for the 2nd edition of the AI for Oncology conference, held at Istituto Tumori on 10th May 2024- tinyurl.com/y5x3n4mj Register to the event: events-communication.com/event/ai2024/ #ClinicalAI #AI4Onc24