Lea Cohen

2 months ago | nature.com | Martin Little |Orion Tong |Bo Sun |Lea Cohen |James Gilchrist |Alex Mentzer | +3 more

AbstractCytomegalovirus (CMV) is a globally endemic latent herpes virus that profoundly impacts T cell immunity. We investigated the oncological consequences of CMV infection across 341 prospectively recruited patients receiving immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) for melanoma. CMV+ patients with metastatic melanoma (MM) have higher lymphocyte counts, reduced neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and divergent CD8+ T cell gene expression.

Jan 9, 2024 | leac.medium.com | Lea Cohen

Ashley Church, a business executive, commentator and former politician from New Zealand, wrote a 30 minute read analysis of the Israel — Hamas conflict. This post is a summary of it, hopefullyIn it he explains:• The conflict began with a Hamas attack on Israel. • Various tactics were employed, including rocket fire, paraglider infiltration, and ground assaults. • Atrocities such as rape, torture, and baby beheadings were reported. • More than 240 people were taken hostage and dragged into Gaza.

Dec 22, 2023 | leac.medium.com | Lea Cohen

Aizenberg published on Twitter a list of seven items that show to what length Israel goes to eliminate as much as possible civilian deaths in Gaza (as of December 11th). • ONE: Casualty ratios. Israel states 5,000–7,000 Hamas killed. Civilian combatant ratio is ~2:1. Battle of Mosul against ISIS was >3:1. Former Commander of UK forces in Afghanistan says ratio there 3:1–5:1.

Dec 10, 2023 | leac.medium.com | Lea Cohen

John Spencer is chair of urban warfare studies at the Modern War Institute (MWI) at West Point, and codirector of MWI’s Urban Warfare Project, among other titles. He served for 25 years as an infantry soldier, which included two combat tours in Iraq. In a methodically comprehensive opinion column, Spencer makes interesting points in Israel’s favor on the ongoing discussion about the IDF’s actions in Gaza from the war laws stand points.

Dec 7, 2023 | leac.medium.com | Lea Cohen

In 2014 we learned of new evils that we never imagined before. We watched as ISIS butchered its way through Iraq and Syria, ruthlessly attacking civilians, callously hiding behind innocents using them as human shields, mercilessly executing civilian captives live for the whole world to see. ISIS destroyed anything in their path in the name of their extremist Islamist ideology, expanding beyond Iraq and Syria, moving towards the Western world with attacks in London, Paris, Jakarta, and Sydney.