🌍 Celebrating Africa Day at African Biobank for Cancer Research 🌍
We're committed to transforming cancer outcomes in Africa through biobanking and precision medicine. Together, we can bring hope and better health to our communities. #AfricaDay #CancerResearch #HopeForAfrica

📢 Announcement: Africa CDC is accepting proposals for establishing Regional Capability and Capacity Networks for Biomanufacturing #WorkforceDevelopment .
This initiative aims to enhance biomanufacturing skills and capacity across Africa.

Submit your proposals now and be part of

🩸🧬Biobanking and precision medicine hold the key to transforming the grim outlook of rising childhood cancer rates in Africa 🌍. #africanbiobank #WHO #precisionmedicine

mRNA cancer vaccines 💉 are reshaping cancer care - learn why on this great webinar by Imperial College AHSC with #RobinShattock

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'… a better explanation of the nature of science—that it is revised as new data surface—would have a strong positive effect on public trust,' argues Editor-in-Chief H. Holden Thorp in a new #ScienceEditorial . scim.ag/6C2

Some thousands-year-old brains could be a valuable scientific resource—and perhaps reveal clues to our past. scim.ag/6yz

Fun fact: 💡💡💡Did you know that some biobanks house samples from ancient civilizations 🗺️🧭? These treasures of history aren't just in museums—they're also stored in biobanks, offering insights into our ancestors' health and lifestyles. 🕰️💡 #Biobanking #History #ScienceFacts

Audience poll on the Future of #Biobanking
Most #biobanks want to be viewed as a research partner as opposed to a service, so biobankers prioritise communicating value to researchers.
AI was predicted to have the most impact on biobanking in the next 5 years #ISBER2024

“Fostering multiple lines of communication can benefit all mentors and trainees, preventing misunderstandings that conversation alone can lead to.” #ScienceWorkingLife Science Careers scim.ag/6yw

Learn what #CDC is doing to achieve equity around #cancer : bit.ly/3SR2bYB
#NationalPublicHealthWeek

Embracing the unknown can be frightening. But for scientists, it’s the starting point for exploration.

🎧 Listen to the first episode of Uncertain with host Christie Aschwanden 🔗 bit.ly/4aITbe9

This series was made with support from Greater Good and John Templeton Foundation.

Johns Hopkins University just released free online courses.

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Here are 12 courses you can't afford to miss in 2024:

“We often use CAR T cell therapy to get leukemia patients into remission, so that they can have a stem cell transplant,” says our Sarah Featherston.

Learn more about CAR T cell therapy for pediatric patients: brnw.ch/21wImYC #EndCancer

African American women are 39 percent more likely to die of #breastcancer than white women. Learn more about this and other cancer health disparities in the AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report at bit.ly/3U14lFC

What is a sentinel lymph node biopsy? And how is it used to detect cancer more effectively?

Get answers to these questions and more from our Dr. Stephen Lai: brnw.ch/21wIhcd #EndCancer

NCI has launched a clinical trial network to gather data on a “self-collection” method of human papillomavirus (HPV) testing to prevent cervical cancer and improve uptake of cervical cancer screening. spr.ly/6010kT99Y #CervicalCancer #CancerPrevention #CancerResearch