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Prof Danny Altmann
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Professor of Immunology, Imperial College London. Editor of OUP Oxford Open Immunology. Co-author - Penguin Long Covid Handbook. Discusses: Covid-19, Long Covid, T cells, immunogenetics and HLA, respiratory infection, science policy, arboviruses, C19th lit
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Prof Danny Altmann @daltmann.bsky.social · Nov 7
Dipping toe in the water after many years at the other place, trying the transition. Mainly aiming to discuss exciting stuff happening in immunology research, including but not only responses in Covid-19 and Long Covid. Please follow if this could be of interest
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 1d
2012 Nobel laureate John Gurdon has died. His work was central to both the development of animal cloning and the possibility of reprogramming cells to a different state. A giant of cell and developmental biology.
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Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS (1933-2025) | Magdalene College
Magdalene College is deeply saddened to announce the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS, who served as Master of the College from 1995 to 2002.
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Steve Griffin @profstevegriffin.bsky.social · 6d
The kids are not, and never were, OK💔

Brave testimony from @sammiemc.bsky.social on the impact of #LongCovidKids on her own, & 1000s of other families.

The gaslighting & influence of certain "public health" figures what wholly unacceptable 🤬

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Covid 19 Inquiry | Module 8 Oral Evidence of Sammie McFarland, Long Covid Kids | 01 10 2025
YouTube video by Long Covid Kids
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Binita Kane @binitakane.bsky.social · 6d
Brilliant article by a teacher highlighting the current dire situation for teachers and kids every winter when it comes to infection risk and spread. We continue to fight for our kids to have the right to breathe clean air.

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Dear Bridget Phillipson, Please Can We Talk About Health?
Dear Bridget Phillipson, Please can we talk about health? It’s autumn 2025. We’re one month into the school year, in England. Two of my children are ill, again.With Covid, again.It&#821…
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Prof Danny Altmann @daltmann.bsky.social · 6d
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The multi-kingdom cancer microbiome - Nature Microbiology
This Review discusses what comprises the ‘cancer microbiome’, summarizing the studies on tumour-associated microbes, examining the evidence and assessing their impact on the disease.
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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 7d
Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.

Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.

What, Michelle? 🧵
Rachel wearing very flimsy looking apron, mask and visor in NHS setting
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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 7d
"In a study taking data from across the USA, children and adolescents were found to have double the risk of developing long COVID after their second infection with SARS-CoV-2"

Timely study given the current #CovidInquiry module is focussed on children.
Long COVID Risk In Kids Found To Double After Their Second COVID-19 Infection
Catching COVID-19 twice was found to increase the risk of post-viral syndrome, contrary to popular belief.
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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 7d
"Trial heard 25m surgical gowns supplied by PPE Medpro to protect NHS staff were unusable and could ‘seriously harm or kill patients’"

Good news, but there's a lot more to be done on the PPE/VIP-lane scandal.
UK government wins £122m pandemic case against Michelle Mone-linked firm over faulty PPE
Trial heard 25m surgical gowns supplied by PPE Medpro to protect NHS staff were unusable and could ‘seriously harm or kill patients’
www.theguardian.com
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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 7d
The Royal Society is meeting today to determine what action to take on Elon Musk's continued membership.
What they decide will say a great deal about what the society stands for and whether it is able to meet the needs of the modern scientific community.
Royal Society to consider expelling Musk after rally speech - Research Professional News
“Language of violence” in address to anti-immigration march pushes science academy to reassess billionaire’s fellowship
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Prof Danny Altmann @daltmann.bsky.social · 10d
The need to step up pandemic preparedness. Wise words from Alice Norton et al
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 12d
Sheena is the must-follow to understand what Kennedy et al are doing to US vaccines (and other medicines)
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 12d
Kennedy has been very busy- I reflect on what has been happening but also worry that his tactics could be adopted elsewhere result in in wider undermining of trust in science and reducing vaccine access and uptake 🧪
What the current disinformation and discussions on vaccines, Tylenol (Paracetamol), autism could mean for us all.
Disinformation and Disarray in American Health Policy Making
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 16d
I find the politicisation of autism spectrum disorder extremely troubling. Paracetamol or Tylenol as it is called in States should not be touted as a cause of ASD before anyone has scrutinised the data they allege will show this. 🧪🧵
Trump officials reportedly set to tie Tylenol to autism risk
Washington Post says announcement imminent despite guidelines showing drug – known as paracetamol elsewhere - is safe for pregnant women to take
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Prof Danny Altmann @daltmann.bsky.social · 16d
Why did all of us never realise the greatest medical breakthroughs were this easy! Evidence from controlled studies with a sample size of millions falls away in thrall to a ‘feeling’ that it was the mothers’ ‘fault’ all along
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 16d
The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability
This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.
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Prof Danny Altmann @daltmann.bsky.social · 16d
How the yellow fever mosquito conquered the world | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
How the yellow fever mosquito conquered the world
Aedes aegypti further adapted to life around humans when it arrived in the Americas, study of hundreds of mosquito genomes reveals
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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 19d
For our #flowcytometry peeps, would you like to have a single fix/perm protocol that is optimised for everything? One that preserves fluorophores while allowing simultaneous TF and cytokine staining? How about 100-fold cheaper?

You got it:
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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.bsky.social · 19d
#ICYMI spearheaded by Sofia Lövestam, Michel Goedert & @sjorsscheres.bsky.social's groups have identified a combination of 12 residues in tau’s fuzzy coat which, when mutated, facilitates assembly of amyloid filaments.
Read more in AlzForum: www.alzforum.org/news/researc...
#LMBintheNews #PAD12
Tau filaments formed into their distinctive paired helical filaments in Alzheimer's disease
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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 18d
An article published in the Metro today - The long Covid legacy: ‘People don’t want to think about us’ includes Avalyn Godfrey, who dreams of being a primary school teacher and has written a book to help educate children on Long Covid .

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#YoungWriter #LongCovidKids
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Prof Danny Altmann @daltmann.bsky.social · 18d
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RFK Jr.’s hand-selected vaccine panel weakens Covid shot recommendations
Kennedy appointed several anti-vaccine advocates to the vaccine advisory committee after ousting previous members in June
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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 20d
MMR vaccines do not cause autism (see my 🧵 of studies)

At the same time, one potential cause of autism is rubella, which is *prevented* by MMR vaccines.

Which means...vaccines may actually help prevent autism.

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pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21592401/
Congenital rubella syndrome and autism spectrum disorder prevented by rubella vaccination--United States, 2001-2010 - PubMed
We estimate that rubella vaccination prevented substantial numbers of CRS and ASD cases in the United States from 2001 through 2010. These findings provide additional incentive to maintain high measle...
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 19d
As expected, ACIP have voted through big changes to childhood vaccines schedule with more actions slated today. Firstly, no more combined MMRV - (mumps measles rubella chickenpox) for first dose- instead MMR and chickenpox to be given separately but option for 2nd dose & the combined shot remains 🧪🧵
Measles and Hep B vaccine changes: What it means for you
Today's ACIP meeting
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Prof Danny Altmann @daltmann.bsky.social · 20d
Genomic clues into the spread of deadly mosquitoes | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Genomic clues into the spread of deadly mosquitoes
Ancient and more recent human interactions shape mosquito vector evolution
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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 21d
Jasmine is 16.
She first caught Covid in Aug 2020.

She took a couple of wks off school but found she couldn’t manage going back. After 1yr, she went back to school on a reduced timetable - after 2wks caught Covid again -her symptoms got worse.

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 20d
Further proof that @susiedent.com is classy.
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 20d
Lexicographer @susiedent.com is our latest Brief Encounter:

“As the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein put it so beautifully, ‘The limits of my language are the limits of my world.’”

Read Dent’s full Q&A: www.prospectmagazine...
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Nature Reviews Neurology @natrevneurol.nature.com · 20d
The 2024 revisions of the McDonald criteria for diagnosis of multiple sclerosis were published yesterday. In our Clinical Outlook article, Marcello Moccia, Olga Ciccarelli and Alan Thompson consider practical implementation of the new criteria. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Implementation of the 2024 revision of the McDonald criteria for multiple sclerosis - Nature Reviews Neurology
The 2024 revision of the McDonald criteria for diagnosis of multiple sclerosis marks a substantial departure from previous iterations, establishing a unified framework that integrates presentation, le...
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Prof Danny Altmann @daltmann.bsky.social · 22d
Characterisation of a persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection lasting more than 750 days in a person living with HIV: a genomic analysis - The Lancet Microbe www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Characterisation of a persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection lasting more than 750 days in a person living with HIV: a genomic analysis
Convergent SARS-CoV-2 evolution, both in and outside the spike protein, observed in this study suggests parallels with the evolutionary process leading to emergence of the omicron VOC. The inferred ab...
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