Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD

@prasad

Prof & Lab Head in NYC. 100% research: cell division, genome integrity, cancer. Curious to a fault. Also πολύτροπος. Talking here for me alone. I listen to the finest worksong. Like/repost = bookmark/news, not agreement/endorsement.

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· 19d

that answer appeals to techbros but not the public including most voters www.researchamerica.org/press-releas...

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· 19d

why on Earth would we do this??? "de-prioritize 'life sciences,' which encompass molecular biology, genetics and other fields in biomedicine, as well as clinical trials aimed at testing new therapies" www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...

Mr. Kratsios’ proposal to reduce the role of universities would upend that system, which has been in place since the end of World War II. His call for the administration to de-prioritize “life sciences,” which encompass molecular biology, genetics and other fields in biomedicine, as well as clinical trials aimed at testing new therapies, raised alarms among biomedical researchers and academic medical centers. They fear it will mean less funding for the National Institutes of Health.

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· 23d

“[Spain’s victory] may not have been the face-melting exhilaration inferno of 2022. But I look at the world right now and it’s so grim….Everyone in power seems to be so bad at doing the exact thing they’ve been empowered to do. I mean, my God—we can’t even do photo ops correctly in this country.”

It may not have been the face-melting exhilaration inferno of 2022. But I look at the world right now and it’s so grim. The air’s full of smoke from runaway wildfires. We’re all getting explosive diarrhea thanks to Trump’s CDC cuts. AI doesn’t do almost any of the stuff they say it does, but you still have to use it all the time, because a CEO said so. Everyone in power seems to be so bad at doing the exact thing they’ve been empowered to do. I mean, my God—we can’t even do photo ops correctly in this country.

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· 25d

policysearch.ama-assn.org/policyfinder... AMA policy on professional terminology *A physician is an individual who has received an MD, DO, or an equivalent degree *in hospital setting, anyone who presents as “doctor” to patients must declare themselves a "non-physician” if not in the 1st group

Definition of a Physician H-405.969

Our American Medical Association affirms that a physician is an individual who has received a "Doctor of Medicine" or a "Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine" degree or an equivalent degree following successful completion of a prescribed course of study from a school of medicine or osteopathic medicine.
Our AMA policy requires anyone in a hospital environment who has direct contact with a patient who presents himself or herself to the patient as a "doctor," and who is not a "physician" according to the AMA definition above, must specifically and simultaneously declare themselves a "non-physician" and define the nature of their doctorate degree.
Our AMA actively supports the Scope of Practice Partnership in the Truth in Advertising campaign.

CME Rep. 4-A-94 Reaffirmed by Sub. Res. 712, I-94 Reaffirmed and Modified: CME Rep. 2, A-04 Res. 846, I-08 Reaffirmed in lieu or Res. 235, A-09 Reaffirmed: Res. 821, I-09 Appended: BOT Rep. 9, I-09 Reaffirmed: BOT Rep. 9, I-11 Reaffirmation A-13 Reaffirmation A-15 Reaffirmed in lieu of: Res. 225, A-17 Reaffirmed: Res. 228, A-19 Reaffirmation I-22 Reaffirmation: Res. 211, A-24

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· 26d

everything in perspective

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· 27d

In 1987, Tonegawa was a solo recipient of the Nobel Prize for discovering that process, known as V(D)J gene rearrangement. In announcing the award, the Nobel committee noted that Tonegawa’s discoveries “explain the genetic background allowing the enormous richness of variation amongst antibodies.”

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· 28d

www.regulations.gov/docket/OMB-2... Wow.

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· Jul 9

LOL from @thetennesean.bsky.social Apparently there’s a $20M facility outside Nashville that makes like 700 million fortune cookies per year

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· Jul 5

How quickly we forget Kim Jung Un? It’s not every day that a POTUS falls in love with a Communist official. www.npr.org/2018/10/06/6...

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· Jul 4

inset

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· Jul 3

both of these views are valid — IMO it’s wrong to pit one against the other

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· Jul 2

I have a framed print of the Wright brothers first flight in my office for the same reason — to remind me that the American dream is to wrestle with and overcome the impossible

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· Jul 2

“150 years ago, the American university evolved…from an undergraduate college devoted primarily to educating citizens into an engine for the creation of knowledge—later propelled by the federal investment in competitive, merit-based research funding.” this is as precarious as birthright citizenship

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· Jul 2

special issue of @science.org on American science at 250 www.science.org/toc/science/...

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· Jun 29

www.reddit.com/r/CriticalTh... “The Three Ecologies”

Just read this fantastic passage in Guattari's "The Three Ecologies" from 2000:
"Just as monstrous and mutant algae invade the lagoon of Venice, so our television screens are populated, saturated, by 'degenerate' images and statements. In the field of social ecology, men like Donald Trump are permitted to proliferate freely, like another species of algae, taking over entire districts of New York and Atlantic City; he 'redevelops' by raising rents, thereby driving out tens of thousands of poor families, most of whom are condemned to homelessness, becoming the equivalent of the dead fish of environmental ecology." The Three Ecologies, p 43.

EDIT: written in 1989 but published in an English edition in 2000z

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· Jun 29

the OP undersells the article –– for those who read graphs, there's a lot to chew on, including the disproportionately high impact on people 50 years old and above (Fig. 3)

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· Jun 29

these are the stakes –– the eureka moment, the payoff, the surprise/delight/joy of accomplishing something ***meaningful*** after so much trial and error

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· Jun 28

related: Jimmy Carter in an Allman Brothers t-shirt The Allman Brothers Band originated in Macon, GA and is best known for their hit "Ramblin' Man" Carter became friends with the band in 1974 The band reciprocated by supporting his 1976 Presidential campaign

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· Jun 26

when the universe was 3 minutes old

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· Jun 26

"I have enough money to do research," says Shu, laughing. Meanwhile HHS shut off the NIH grant that funded related work on gene therapy for deafness at Harvard Medical School, because “woke” or something like that Shu trained in the very same lab that HHS defunded

Getting results in Shanghai

In China, it's a different story.

"I have enough money to do research," says Shu, laughing.

China is pouring huge resources into developing all sorts of biological research, including gene therapy, aiming to curb its reliance on the West and become an even bigger world superpower. This spring, the country pledged billions in additional science funding. Shu, who trained at Harvard Medical School and is working on solving the same problems as David Corey, has plenty of staff in his lab, all the supplies he needs and can just get more done. "My lab is growing bigger and bigger," he says. And it's far bigger than his lab when he was in Boston, training under Corey and his mentees.

For decades, the U.S. has brought the smartest people in the world — like Yilai Shu — to its shores. Many have stayed. Shu wanted to, but family and a scientific opportunity, with lots of funding, drew him back home. That decision was rewarded when his team had a successful trial on a single injection that can restore hearing.

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· Jun 25

Eisenstadt v. Baird, 405 U.S. 438 (1972) says this “concrete proposal” is unconstitutional as a matter of law under the Equal Protection Clause

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· Jun 25

Before 1991, rural and urban America shared similar rates of cancer mortality. When the national rate started to decline, however, rural America lagged behind. Around 458 rural counties even experienced increasing cancer mortality. fortune.com/2026/06/23/c... health disparities are deadly serious

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· Jun 24

even more impressive — the huge improvement in treating kids with cancer we can cure many now, precisely because of painstaking research and clinical trials over decades ourworldindata.org/db734210-96b...

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· Jun 24

Age-standardized cancer death rates fell from over 150 per 100,000 Americans in 1990 to less than 100 as of 2022. A one-third drop in just over 10 years. ourworldindata.org/grapher/canc...

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· Jun 24

the aggregate hides the fact that there’s strong disagreement within Europe on whether nuclear energy has a role or not world-nuclear.org/information-...

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· Jun 24

energy is way more fraught in Europe, which is a net importer, squeamish about nuclear power, and (to its credit) much more conscious of environmental/climate impacts They use a lot less than us per capita, while having similar GDP output

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· Jun 23

www.theguardian.com/football/202... “This footballer gets it, and it seems to me that’s a healthy attitude in life. And if more of us had it, maybe the world would be a better place, you know?” indeed

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad· Jun 23

Speech and Debate Clause (US Const. ArtI.S6.C1.3) FTW constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay... "and for any Speech or Debate in either House, [Senators and Representatives] shall not be questioned in any other Place"