Medical myths, taken apart.
Pharma breakthroughs, explained straight.
A working chemist reading the primary literature so you don't have to — what the evidence actually says, what the headline left out, and what's genuinely changing in medicine right now.
Medical myth busting
The claims that circulate in clinics, group chats and comment sections — traced back to the study that started them, then judged. Verdicts are MYTH, MIXED or FACT, with the evidence grade shown up front.
1 fact-checks publishedPharma industry advancements
What's moving through the pipeline and why it matters — new mechanisms, trial readouts, approvals, manufacturing shifts. Written for people who want the science, not the share price.
1 briefings publishedStart with these
"Always finish the course": the advice changed, and nobody announced it
Where the rule came from, why stewardship bodies have quietly softened it, and what actually drives resistance.
mRNA after COVID: individualised cancer vaccines
The same lipid nanoparticle platform, aimed at tumour neoantigens sequenced per patient. What the Phase II readouts do and do not show.
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I got tired of correcting the same six claims, one conversation at a time.
Affiliate disclosure & medical disclaimer
Affiliate disclosure & medical disclaimer
I'm a chemist. Most medical misinformation is a chemistry problem wearing a headline.
A misread dose–response curve. A rodent study quoted as if it were a trial. A retracted paper still circulating fifteen years later. The corrections are rarely complicated — they are just never as loud as the claim.
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