caroline russen
idcarolineruss.bsky.social
caroline russen
@idcarolineruss.bsky.social
Reposted by caroline russen
#pleiotropy
#immunesystem

The same gene and its effector that confer infectious disease tolerance to young mice make the same infection deadly in aging mice.

In aging people too, probably...

OA paper nature.com/articles/s41...

press release: www.salk.edu/it/news-rele...
January 15, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Reposted by caroline russen
"The highly contagious [measles] virus spreads through the air and can remain infectious for up to two hours after an infected person leaves an area... Up to 90% of unprotected people near an infected individual will contract the disease."

💉😷

www.king5.com/article/news...
A family visiting Washington over the holidays exposed others to measles at these locations
A South Carolina family visiting western Washington visited a number of locations, including restaurants, a trampoline park, the Mukilteo ferry and the airport.
www.king5.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:47 AM