Emily Costa, PhD
@_emcosta
cancer biologist, sciencemonger, wolf without a foot // the one who cackles on @factsmachinepod (she/her) opinions are mine, all mine!
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"A 25-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes started producing her own insulin...after receiving a transplant of reprogrammed stem cells. She is the first person with the disease to be treated using cells...extracted from her own body." go scientists! 🤓 nature.com/articles/d4158…
www.nature.com Stem cells reverse woman’s diabetes — a world first Nature - Patient is the first person with type 1 diabetes to receive this kind of transplant. An extra bit of background that you won't get from the article--interviewing a pigeon is harder than it looks 😅
After studying lung cancer as a Ph.D. student, @Northeastern graduate Emily Costa launched a comedy podcast that changed her science career. “Facts Machine,” combining trivia with a live show, aims to make science accessible to broad audiences.View quoted post on X
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ICYMI, @NWSSWPC has issued the first G4 (Severe) geomagnetic watch since 2005. The aurora tomorrow may become visible over much of the northern half of the country, and maybe as far south as Alabama to northern California.
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Can you dig it? 😉 Get your tickets here and join us next Thursday! eventbrite.com/e/facts-machin…
www.eventbrite.com Facts Machine A science comedy show + trivia showdown by and for people who are curious about everything – but especially the things that make them laugh! THURSDAY 5/16 7pm: BURROWS OF NYC
Science comedy & trivia inspired by URBAN WILDLIFE! Join our guests @caseylardner, @Vale_Alaasam, and @ahoysamantha for deep dives on our nest-door neighbors, a habitat for hilarity, and trivia about why we can’t have niche things! (🎟️🔗in bio!)View quoted post on X
