Emil Lou, MD, PhD, FACP, FASCO

One Vaccine-Schedule Change That Actually Makes Sense A Vaccine-Schedule Change Just Made H.P.V. Easier to Prevent

In terms of extending life, getting an H.P.V. vaccine is as important for a woman as quitting smoking, according to an emeritus professor of epithelial biology at the University of Cambridge.
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Creative directing my cancer Selling myself on my stage 4 cancer diagnosis was the hardest marketing brief I'd ever gotten. Nailing it showed me how to live.

Well worth a read: August 2024 article in
@fastcompany.com by Nathan Phillips about grasping his diagnosis of young-adult cancer: Creative directing my cancer
www.fastcompany.com/91180630/cre...

Werder Bremen will not fulfil their proposed summer tour of the U.S., citing recent incidents in Minneapolis, Minnesota as “not fitting the values” of the club.

More from @colinmillar.bsky.social and @sebsb.bsky.social

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'You're Never Too Young': CU Anschutz Cancer Center Expert on James Van Der Beek’s Colorectal Cancer Actor James Van Der Beek has died, according to news media accounts February 11, 2026. This article was first published November 5, 2024, after he disclosed his colorectal cancer diagnosis.

Back in November 2024, actor James Van Der Beek announced that he had been diagnosed with colorectal cancer at age 47, highlighting that it’s not just a disease that older people need to be concerned about. Christopher Lieu, MD, tells us more about colorectal cancer ⬇️
https://bit.ly/3Z3DjQt

Honored & humbled by this beyond measure. The real credit and spotlight goes to my brave patient Emma and all of the patients and caregivers who fearlessly volunteer for #clinicaltrials seeking hope while helping the world find better cancer treatments. We need more Emmas. time.com/collections/...

James Van Der Beek, who rose to fame playing Dawson Leery on the 1990s-era hit teen drama “Dawson’s Creek,” has died. He was 48. https://cnn.it/3ZwnNfk

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Episode 265: ASCO GI Updates: Special Episode Podcast Episode · Healthcare Unfiltered · 02/05/2026 · 58m

Anytime we can join @chadinabhan.bsky.social for
a special #HealthcareUnfiltered episode, we're all in. I was pleased to join @shaalanbeg.bsky.social & @shrutipatelmd.bsky.social to highlight data from @ascocancer.bsky.social #GI26 ⁦

Listen or watch the #podcast:
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Catherine, Princess of Wales has spoken of her experience with cancer, in a deeply personal video message released Wednesday to mark World Cancer Day. https://cnn.it/3ZiKHXi

Today is World Cancer Day, a global awareness day organized by the Union of International Cancer Control (UICC) every February 4th.

An emphasis from the UICC is that ~40% of cancers are driven or associated with preventable risk factors.
More information here: www.nccn.org/home/world-c...

Happy National Women Physicians Day! Today, we celebrate the incredible contributions of women in medicine, and we especially remember a true pioneer: Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, 🩺 the first woman to earn a medical degree in the U.S. in 1849 at Geneva Medical College, today @upstatemedical.bsky.social

Tethered platelets in severe infection Platelet-derived structures in blood vessel walls increase inflammation and bleeding risk

In Science, researchers report the formation of platelet-derived integrin-and tetraspanin-enriched tethers (PITTs) in patients with severe infections. PITTs may contribute to blood clotting, immune dysregulation, and bleeding complications that characterize severe infections. https://scim.ag/4q3CJMP

View of the lower arch of the Eiffel Tower

The names of 72 female scientists will be added to the Eiffel Tower, to accompany those of 72 male scientists that are already engraved there tinyurl.com/e2satnyp
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Colorado parents of man killed in Minneapolis urged him to be careful at ICE protests Alex Jeffrey Pretti “loved this country, but he hated what people were doing to it,” his father said from Colorado.

Alex Pretti's parents found out about his death when the Associated Press called them. They then had to make phone calls until they reached the county medical examiner. So heartbreaking. coloradosun.com/2026/01/24/c...

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.

White. Hot. Rage.

HHS Gave a $1.6 Million Grant to a Controversial Vaccine Study. These Emails Show How That Happened Two Danish researchers faced accusations of “questionable research practices” as RFK Jr.’s top appointees made their study a “funding priority.”

From @rollingstone.com HHS GAVE A $1.6 MILLION GRANT TO A CONTROVERSIAL VACCINE STUDY. THESE EMAILS SHOW HOW THAT HAPPENED www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

It was such a great privilege to join @angeladavismpr.bsky.social @mprnews.org this morning! Coinciding w/@americancancersoc.bsky.social reporting 5-year survival for all cancers now reaching 70%.
The broadcast is available online now:

www.mprnews.org/episode/2026... #cancerresearch #cancer

For the first time, the five-year survival rate for all cancers has reached 70 percent, according to a new report, a trend that reflects the effectiveness of early prevention and detection strategies, and advancements in treatment and care, experts say. https://wapo.st/45T6Zm3

How research has improved cancer treatments A cancer diagnosis today can be much different than it used to be. Coming up at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, MPR News host Angela Davis talks about improvements in cancer treatments — including better drugs,...

I'm looking forward to joining @angeladavismpr.bsky.social and team @mprnews.org tomorrow Wednesday January 14, 2026 at 9:00 am to discuss "How research has improved cancer treatments". Join us! www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...

#gi26 #biochemistry #oncology #cancerresearch #research #biochem #kras #coloncancer #colorectalcancer #pancreaticcancer | Emil Lou, M.D., Ph.D, FACP A lot of excitement out of #GI26 as long (desperately)-awaited success in effective targeting of KRAS therapeutically has come into its own. Reports of early success in the form of promising efficacy ...

My Biochemistry-centric view on the excitement out of #GI26 as long (desperately)-awaited success in effective targeting of KRAS therapeutically has come into its own, but… www.linkedin.com/posts/emillo...

#GI26 @ascocancer.bsky.social ushering in a Bronze Age of KRAS targeted therapy…next question is What Drug Class to Best Pair It With (that scientifically makes sense)? (!)

Listening to The Beatles' classic "We Can Work It Out" while writing point-by-point Response to Reviewer 2 is even more inspiring than I imagined.

Inside a lifesaving 'last resort' clinical trial—have we finally solved the problem of chemo-resistant colon cancer? | MDLinx When Emma Dimery, 35, was told her stage IV colon cancer was terminal, she’d exhausted nearly every standard treatment option—surgery, multiple rounds of chemotherapy, radiation, and immunotherapy. No...

Coverage from MDLinx about our recently presented and published #immunotherapy #clinicaltrial targeting the intracellular checkpoint #CISH - completed at the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota:
www.mdlinx.com/article/insi...

To Say Goodbye to the MetroCard, We Spent a Day Riding Every Transit System That Uses It Two Times journalists joined Miles Taylor, a YouTuber and transport enthusiast, on a daylong journey across New York City area buses and trains before sale of the card ends on Dec. 31.

Two New York Times journalists joined Miles Taylor, a YouTuber and transport enthusiast, on a daylong journey across New York City area buses and trains before sale of the MetroCard ends on December 31.

CISH-Targeted TILs Show Promise in GI Cancer Trial Professor David Kerr discusses a recent study that used gene-edited tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes to target CISH, a novel immune checkpoint inhibitor.

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Limitations of chemical monitoring hinder aquatic risk evaluations on the macroscale Macroscale evaluations of chemical monitoring data require the integration of chemical, spatial, and temporal dimensions. Here, we linked 64 million US surface water monitoring records (1900 chemicals...

An analysis of U.S. water quality data reveals that most toxic chemicals remain poorly characterized or undetected in routine monitoring.

The findings in Science suggest that the true scale of chemical risk to biodiversity and ecosystems may be significantly underestimated. https://scim.ag/4alqHdl

Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

Ready and excited to be in a room full of the best and brightest minds, unified in the goal and brought together by our partners at the @ccalliance.bsky.social - with @cancertrials.bsky.social colleague Dr Ajay Prakash and 150 others at the #ProjectCureCRC Summit

Working with the brightest minds in colorectal cancer to Cure CRC with @cancerassassin1.bsky.social

#ProjectCureCRC #ColonCancerAlliance