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Saloni

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Saloni

@salonium

Co-founder & editor @WorksInProgMag. Writer, Scientific Discovery. Podcaster, Hard Drugs. Advisor, @coeff_giving. // Prev @OurWorldInData. 🏳️‍🌈

London, England

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Joined January 2013

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Saloni
@salonium
May 27
Guys, how do you invent a vaccine? Or wilder, how do you invent a vaccine during your PhD?! In a new episode of Hard Drugs, we talked to someone who did just that: @Kat_a_Collins! A single malaria parasite that reaches your liver is enough to cause an infection. Worse, malaria
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Saloni
@salonium
Jul 26, 2023
I graduated with my PhD today :)
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Saloni
@salonium
Jun 5, 2020
Me, reading the headline: "Haha, I bet they didn't control for the effects of age." 🤪😝 *clicks link to read the paper* "Holy..., they actually didn't control for age."
Bald men at higher risk of severe case of Covid-19, research finds
From telegraph.co.uk
Saloni
@salonium
Oct 23, 2022
There are many examples of medical knowledge that I think everyone should know. This is one of them.
Saloni
@salonium
May 15, 2023
You often hear that full siblings "share 50% of their DNA." But did you know this is actually the median and the range is pretty wide, roughly between 40–60%? journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/a… isogg.org/wiki/Autosomal…
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Saloni
@salonium
Aug 22, 2024
I read this recent 'microplastics in the brain' article and I have a lot of questions. 🧵
Douglas Main
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Aug 21, 2024
My first story for @guardian / @thenewledenews: Microplastics are turning up in more & more human organs — including the brain. (Thread...) theguardian.com/environment/ar…
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Saloni
@salonium
Feb 19, 2023
Many know that the Carter Center, founded by Jimmy Carter, has been working towards eradicating neglected diseases like Guinea worm. But fewer know how successful this has been. In 1989, there were >890,000 cases worldwide. In 2021, there were 15. ourworldindata.org/guinea-worm-pa…
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Saloni
@salonium
Dec 23, 2024
Many people talk about the 'Golden Age of Antibiotics' but I hadn't seen it visualized properly. How abundant was antibiotic development during that time period? How many types of antibiotics were developed? So I visualized it myself!
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Saloni
@salonium
Oct 25, 2022
Here's a statistic that everyone should know. wired.com/story/covid-19…
Saloni
@salonium
Jun 17, 2025
Has nominative determinism gone too far (h/t @bschne)
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Saloni
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Dec 10, 2024
Americans are now one-third less likely to die from cancer at the same ages as Americans in 1990
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Saloni
@salonium
May 13, 2024
New article by me: The rise in reported maternal mortality rates in the US is largely due to a change in measurement. ourworldindata.org/rise-us-matern… The change was adopted by different states at different times, resulting in what appeared to be a gradual rise in maternal mortality.
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Saloni
@salonium
Jan 15, 2023
People tend to see cancer as an inevitable part of ageing. What if it's not? The cancer death rate has fallen by 27% in the US over the last two decades! We've not only learnt to treat cancer better, but also how to prevent many cases entirely. cdc.gov/cancer/dcpc/re…
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Saloni
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Jul 25, 2024
Re-upping what's probably the biggest medical breakthrough result this year: A twice-yearly injectible antiviral with an efficacy of 96–100% in preventing HIV.
Saloni
@salonium
Jun 20, 2024
Big result in HIV antiviral development statnews.com/2024/06/20/hiv…
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