Assistant professor at University of Chicago, studying stem cell & immune interactions in cancer and tissue regeneration

Joined June 2015
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Thrilled to share the new work published on @Cancer_Cell from our lab reporting the critical roles of tumor initiating cells in shaping the cell states of tumor associated neutrophils. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Big news coming later today from @JuyeunLee31 (now with her own lab at @CCFL_BrainTumor ) and our @CCLRI @caseccc lab 🕺
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Love this!!!
Green Day le dedicó “AMERICAN IDIOT” a Donald Trump en el SuperBowl 🐐 ARTISTAS CON HUEVOS CARAJO
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Thrilled to share our first iteration of IL-12–armored CAR T cells targeting tumor associated macrophages (TAM) to treat metastatic cancer. Led by the fantastic @jaimemateustique as a collaboration between @brown_lab1 and my lab @sinaiimmunology. authors.elsevier.com/a/1mUUD… (1/4)

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Excellent summary from @CD_AACR on our work!
Stem Cell–Neutrophil Crosstalk Modulates Immunotherapy Response brnw.ch/21wZeXs A #ResearchWatch summary of a recent study by Weijie Guo, Jingyun Luan, Yuxuan Miao and colleagues.
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Glad to see that the art depicting our new paper is selected as the Cover for this new issue of @Cancer_Cell . First cover story of my career!
Happy New Year 2026! 🎉Our January issue is out now: cell.com/cancer-cell/issue?p…
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RETWEET to wish Dr. Fauci a Happy 85th Birthday!
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🔥Hot off the press: Yuxuan Miao, PhD (@YMphoenix) and team have published a new study in @Cancer_Cell revealing how cancer-initiating stem cells support nearby neutrophils by supplying arachidonic acid—ultimately driving resistance to immunotherapy. ow.ly/9E9W50XC1bV
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In a new study, Yuxuan Miao, PhD, and team identifies how tumor-initiating stem cells hijack nearby neutrophils to evade immunotherapy, suggesting that disrupting the defense mechanism may improve long-term outcomes. @YMphoenix @UChicagoMed @UChicagoBSD uchicagomedicine.org/forefro…
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My Dearest Human, I know you’ve been missing me. I see you looking at my bed, my toys, my old leash and that tiny pawprint on your heart that still aches. I wish I could nuzzle your face again, lick away your tears, and tell you I’m still right here. Please don’t cry for me, my human. I didn’t go far, I just went to a place where the pain is gone, and where I can run again, fast and free, without getting tired. It’s warm here, with endless green fields and soft winds that carry your scent to me. Every time you think of me, I feel it like sunshine touching my fur. I remember everything: The day you found me on streets. The way your eyes softened when you looked at me for the first time. The nights you stayed awake just to make sure I was okay. The times you laughed at my silly zoomies, and how I always knew that no matter how the world treated us, you were my world. I wasn’t just your dog. I was your shadow, your secret keeper, your best friend. You gave me the best life I could have ever dreamed of; full of love, comfort, and belonging. Thank you for every meal, every pat on my head, every “good boy.” Those words were magic to me. When my time came, I saw the sadness in your eyes, and I wanted to stay. But something gentle called me, a light that whispered, “Come rest now.” I didn’t want to leave you, but I carried your love with me across the rainbow bridge. It’s my forever collar now, it keeps me safe and close to you. Please don’t think of the day I left; think of the thousands of days we had together. I’m still with you in your laughter, your dreams, and in every wagging tail you’ll ever meet. When you help another stray, when you open your heart again, know that it’s me smiling through them. One day, when it’s your turn to cross that bridge, look for me. I’ll be the first one to run to you: tail wagging, eyes shining, heart bursting, just like old times. Until then, live your life the way you made me live mine: with love, joy, and kindness. I love you, always and forever. You were, and will always be, my person. With endless tail wags, Your Dog, watching from the Rainbow Bridge
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What he really means is: Stop trusting real experts and trust me and my quack pseudo-experts instead.
RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.
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Ah yes, the scientific method famously instructs us to predetermine a conclusion and then do studies to “make the proof.”
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RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."
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9 Oct 2025
An artificial heart for children with congenital heart defects was almost finished. Families had waited for years it. Then, Trump canceled billions in grants for universities — including the grant for this device. The cruelty is endless. npr.org/2025/10/09/nx-s1-549…
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This year’s medicine laureate Shimon Sakaguchi discovered a new class of T cells. Sakaguchi was swimming against the tide in 1995, when he made a key discovery. At the time, many researchers were convinced that immune tolerance only developed due to potentially harmful immune cells being eliminated in the thymus, through a process called central tolerance. Sakaguchi showed that the immune system is more complex and discovered a previously unknown class of immune cells, which protect the body from autoimmune diseases. #NobelPrize
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BREAKING NEWS The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”
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29 Aug 2025
How antivaxxers How I see see RFK Jr RFK Jr.
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The MAHA assault on vaccines will kill people & usher in a scientific Dark Age. RFK Jr has got to go. Join me, my fellow Accountability Journalism institute advisors, Nobel laureates, National Academy members, & colleagues demanding his resignation. change.org/p/demand-rfk-jr-r…
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Imagine believing every scientist, toxicologist, and regulator is lying - but an anonymous Twitter account has the truth. That’s not critical thinking. That’s delusion.
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There are major problems with health & the US healthcare system that need attention. But that RFK Jr is Secretary of HHS, overseeing M&M, NIH, CDC and FDA is a profound national embarrassment and threat to the nations health. Truly unbelievable.
Doctors, hospitals, insurance companies, and pharmaceutical giants profit by keeping Americans sick.
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