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John Wiacek

@JWiacek

Hacker,Gamer,VR,AR,Developer,Patents,Adventure

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Joined November 2011
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Watching the CNN series on Kobe. Tomorrow will be 5 years since we lost him and Gianna. We miss him so much and it still hurts. I can see him inspiring all Angelenos during this difficult time of the wildfires and bringing hope to all. A loss to our city and the nation
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Daring to dream about what Kobe Bryant could have achieved - Los Angeles Times. latimes.com/sports/lakers/st…
Plaschke: Five years after losing Kobe Bryant, daring to dream about what could have been

Plaschke: Five years after losing Kobe Bryant, daring to dream about what could have been

On the fifth anniversary of Kobe Bryant's death, columnist Bill Plaschke remains in mourning while sharing what the Lakers legend might have done for L.A.

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Fake news ( if you call the piece news) that we are in discussions to sell the LA Times. Completely fabricated. We are committed to grow this most important newspaper on the West Coast and the journalistic need to speak truth to power.
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Should continue to mask. BA.4/5 shows reduced neutralization from triple AZ or Pfizer vaccinated individuals. Also significant loss in the neutralization of BA.4/5 with Ab from previous infections. Concern of repeat infections in those who already had #COVID #omicronBA
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An exciting day for us in SA! @CyrilRamaphosa @PresidencyZA
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How the body's immune system tries to fight off COVID-19 latimes.com/science/story/20…
How the body's immune system tries to fight off COVID-19

How the body's immune system tries to fight off COVID-19

When the coronavirus attacks the body, the immune system steps up, trying to respond quickly and powerfully enough to stop the virus from running wild.

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Thank you Mr President for your leadership @cyrilramaphosa @nantworks
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@CyrilRamaphosa23 Sep 2021
Dr Soon-Shiong, you are to be commended for your confidence in your country’s and Africa’s development. You have heeded the #ThumaMina call, and for this we thank you.   #InvestSA 🇿🇦 nitter.gq/i/broadcasts/1yoJMWRRy…
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[WATCH]: President @CyrilRamaphosa is the guest of honour at an announcement of an initiative ambitious initiative to build capacity for advanced health care in Africa by Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong, founder of the multinational conglomerate, NantWorks LLC. nitter.gq/i/broadcasts/1yoJMWRRy…
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40 years ago this month the first HIV/AIDS cases were diagnosed in the U.S., while we still don’t have a cure, the global research community has made tremendous progress in developing effective therapeutics. Learn more about our HIV trials here. bit.ly/3z8dJue #IBRX
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Today is National Cancer Survivor's Day. Today serves as a celebration for those who survived as well as inspiration for those recently diagnosed. ❤️️ Visit ncsd.org/ to learn more. #NationalCancerSurvivorsDay #CancerSurvivor #ImmunityBio $IBRX
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SARS CoV-2 cell-to-cell spread occurs rapidly and is insensitive to antibody neutralization. T cell vaccine critical in this war against Covid. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
SARS-CoV-2 cell-to-cell spread occurs rapidly and is insensitive to antibody neutralization

SARS-CoV-2 cell-to-cell spread occurs rapidly and is insensitive to antibody neutralization

Viruses increase the efficiency of close-range transmission between cells by manipulating cellular physiology and behavior, and SARS-CoV-2 uses cell fusion as one mechanism for cell-to-cell spread....

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This USA TODAY article provides an overview of second-generation COVID-19 vaccines; ImmunityBio is one of a few vaccine developers studying multiple delivery routes. Learn more: news.yahoo.com/vaccines-2-0-… #USATODAY #SecondGenerationCOVID19Vaccine #COVID19Vaccine $IBRX
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This excellent overview by Atlantic writer Katie Wu illustrates the important role T cells are playing in second-generation COVID-19 vaccines. Learn more: theatlantic.com/science/arch… #COVID19Vaccine #ImmunityBio #TheAtlantic $IBRX
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#TCells #COVID19 theatlantic.com/science/arch…
COVID-19 Vaccine Makers Are Looking Beyond the Spike Protein

COVID-19 Vaccine Makers Are Looking Beyond the Spike Protein

It’s time for more weapons in the shots-versus-virus arms race.

theatlantic.com
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If Musk is "truly concerned about bitcoin’s environmental footprint, he’s rather late to the game, especially if he’s implying that he just learned about it." Sign up to receive an alert each time @hiltzikm publishes a column: latimes.com/business/lanews-… latimes.com/business/story/2…
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Abraxane 20 years later! Next the immune system. phys.org/news/2021-05-scient…
Scientists discover how to trick cancer cells to consume toxic drugs

Scientists discover how to trick cancer cells to consume toxic drugs

New research led by a team at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) points to a promising strategy to boost tumors' intake of cancer drugs, thereby increasing the effectiveness of chemotherapy...

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The next chapter of the @LATimes in the digital era. Welcome aboard @meridak latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
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Excited to be presenting at the Africa’s Vaccine Manufacturing For Health Security virtual conference at 9am PST. Link is below zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_… Generating capacity and self-sufficiency for a billion people in Africa! Will lead from South Africa!
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Thank you @CNN for focusing on this important issue for our nation. edition.cnn.com/2021/04/02/b…
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