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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Deep learning dreams up new protein structures

This twisting protein structure dreamed up by a machine-learning algorithm.

A neural network trained exclusively to predict protein shapes can also generate new ones.

December 1, 2021

Deep learning dreams up new protein structures

A neural network trained exclusively to predict protein shapes can also generate new ones.

picture of highway with sign that says "Closed due to COVID-19"

November 30, 2021

Zero-COVID policies reemerge, with cruel inherent biases

Omicron renews nations’ interest in travel bans and other policies that harshly affect marginalized populations, a bioethicist says.

November 29, 2021

SARS-CoV-2 can infect kidneys directly, researchers find

Patients with COVID-19 kidney injuries should have renal health monitored well after infection resolves, study author says.

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Congrats to @VinGuptaMD! He was included in @Seattlemag's list of top innovators and influencers in 2021. "He has become the voice of reason for anxious Americans," they wrote. @IHME_UW @uwpccm Link: https://t.co/gLXmFNV70r https://t.co/s7lLWLj4BR

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"If you think about a public health response to a crisis and you want to triage people to stop it, this is one intervention most likely to do that," said researcher Caleb Banta-Green @UWPsychiatry and @adai_uw. https://t.co/KLeRzBOcjh @nomoreoverdose

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Reports say the first U.S. case of the #Omicron variant has been identified in California today. The UW Medicine Virology Lab is keeping a close watch for local cases through genomic sequencing. @pavitrarc of @UWVirology has an update on the effort: https://t.co/VV2BK0C6kP

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@VICE picked Seattle because King County is one of the only counties to reach 90/90/90 goal: 90% of residents know their status; 90% of residents diagnosed with HIV are in treatment; 90% of residents in treatment will achieve viral load suppression. #worldaidsday @KCPubHealth https://t.co/fRMiaAQWjm

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This #worldaidsday, we honor our HIV/AIDS experts. King County is one of few counties to reach goal of 90/90/90: 90% of residents know status; 90% of residents diagnosed with HIV are in treatment; 90% of residents in treatment will achieve viral load suppression. @KCPubHealth https://t.co/fRMiaAQWjm

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Woot! @IssakaMD raises the profile of an important colon-cancer message. @blackingastro @UWMedicine https://t.co/IUO2tLzgZN

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It's flu season! #Influenza and #COVID19 have such similar symptoms that @SethCohenID advises people who feel fluish to get a COVID test. https://t.co/t0sLwncQBH @UWMedicine

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Deep learning neural network that dreams up new protein structures described by @UWproteindesign @UWBiochemistry @rpi @Harvard in @Nature https://t.co/Bue6UDVVqj

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RT @MDedgeCardio: Q & A: A sleep expert from the UW Medicine/Harborview Medical Center for Sleep Medicine answers 4 questions on increasing…

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As air pollution declined in U.S. during pandemic shutdowns, so did severe heart heart attacks, @UCSF reports. Dr. Joel Kaufman @UW_DGIM @UWDEOHS comments @WebMD @mbusko2 on study: Air pollution reduction could be cost effective way to improve health https://t.co/pfJ3FmeXGo

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Deep learning dreams up new protein structures

Zero-COVID policies reemerge, with cruel inherent biases

SARS-CoV-2 can infect kidneys directly, researchers find

Virology lab is on close watch for omicron

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Holiday indulgences pose challenges to heart health

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