Boricua 🇵🇷 physician neuroscientist; Mom,
Peds Neurogenetics 🧠🧬 @CHOP/UPenn, mitochondriac, my lab works on mechanisms of pediatric neurodegeneration
#raredisease #TBCK
https://www.med.upenn.edu/oglab/
opinion = my own
Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhD
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TL;DR: We've identified more than 100 cases of apparent manipulation in Thermo Fisher Scientific's antibody verification data.
@sholtodavid.bsky.social @johanduchene.bsky.social
reeserichardson.blog/2026/05/28/h...
Just watched the NIH Strategic Planning input session...
Some observations:
(1) I am glad that NIH is doing this (although I do remain skeptical about how seriously they will take input which challenges their existing intentions).
PEOPLE SHOULD STILL COMMENT!
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
1/4
They should have called it Straight of Schrödinger: it is both open and closed depending on whom you talk to and when.
Most Americans support science research…and don’t realize the ways it’s being methodically smothered
“Flagged grants address cancer, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, H.I.V., heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, nutrition & prenatal care...”
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/s...
Striking to me how little reporting there is on this rule proposal, which is maybe the biggest change to American governance in almost a century. And this reporting is … weak. www.npr.org/2026/06/03/n...
To be fair, my doctor also heals me by placing his hand on my forehead while holding a glowing orb in his other hand. I can tell the healing is working when my forehead also glows.
He is also usually accompanied by angels, eagles and usually a fighter jet
I can totally see how he’d confuse the two
Did you know 1 in 35 U.S. children has autism? This Autism Awareness Month, the Child Neurology Society celebrates the unique strengths of individuals with autism and calls for awareness, inclusion, and high-quality care for every child. #AutismAwarenessMonth
My face when someone says, “the data are trending.”
Exciting new work from the team @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social on a multi-respiratory pathogen vaccine
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Dr. Patricia Bath overcame sexism, racism & poverty and saved the sight of millions of people.
She invented the Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment, 1986; it was patented in 1988. She co-founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness, 1976. She died #OTD in 2019.
#WomenInSTEM
We’ve documented more than 100 instances of apparent data manipulation in Thermo’s catalog
