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crypticcrows.bsky.social
what were some inspirations for your Incarnate comic?
January 15, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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The new nasal AIBP vaccine from Trinity College Dublin stops whooping cough in lungs and nose, hinting at true transmission blocking immunity. NOTE: This is PRECLINICAL.

The study has been published in the Nature Microbiology. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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ABSTRACT The Gram-negative bacterium Bordetella pertussis causes whooping cough (pertussis), a severe respiratory disease, especially in young children, which is resurgent despite high vaccine coverage. The current acellular pertussis vaccine prevents severe disease but does not prevent nasal infection with B. pertussis. This parenterally delivered vaccine induces potent circulating antibody responses but limited respiratory tissue-resident memory T cells and IgA responses. Here we developed a vaccine approach based on respiratory delivery of antibiotic-inactivated B. pertussis (AIBP). Ciprofloxacin-treated B. pertussis potently activated antigen-presenting cells to drive T cell responses. AIBP immunization via aerosol or intranasal administration conferred a high level of protection against lung and nasal infection. The AIBP vaccine induced B. pertussis-specific interleukin (IL)-17-producing CD4 tissue-resident memory T cells that recruited neutrophils to the respiratory tract. Protection was abrogated by depletion of CD4 T cells or neutralization of IL-17 in mice. Unlike a parenterally delivered whole-cell pertussis vaccine, which induced high levels of serum IL-1฿, IL-6, tumour necrosis factor and C-reactive protein, aerosol immunization with the AlBP vaccine did not promote systemic pro-inflammatory responses. We present preclinical evidence of a safe and effective respiratory-delivered vaccine platform for inducing T cell-mediated sterilizing immunity against a respiratory pathogen.
January 15, 2026 at 5:02 PM
crypticcrows.bsky.social
Hope you have a speedy recovery!
January 15, 2026 at 6:13 PM
crypticcrows.bsky.social
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January 15, 2026 at 3:10 PM
crypticcrows.bsky.social
Thank you!!
January 15, 2026 at 3:10 PM
crypticcrows.bsky.social
This is the original drawing for reference.
January 15, 2026 at 2:45 PM
crypticcrows.bsky.social
thank you, that oc is from one of the artist i look up to!
January 15, 2026 at 12:15 PM
crypticcrows.bsky.social
thank you so much!
January 15, 2026 at 12:14 PM
crypticcrows.bsky.social
the whiplash of cringe but also "wow it's cool to see progress"
January 15, 2026 at 11:42 AM