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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 1d

Regulatory T cells, or T regs, make up the basis for a slew of biotech companies working to treat immunological diseases. cen.acs.org/people/nobel... #chemsky 🧪

How Nobel-winning T regs fueled a new class of immunology companies

Nobel Prize–winning technology engineered to treat autoimmune diseases and cancer

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Bateman Horne Center @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social · 1d

A new study sheds light on why people with ME/CFS feel worse after activity.
Findings reveal an immune system on edge, energy production that falters, and gut barrier leaks fueling inflammation.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4q3i8sV
#MECFS #PEM #Research

When the Body’s Alarm Won’t Turn Off

Blog Summary Imagine if a fire alarm kept ringing long after the smoke was gone. That’s similar to what happens in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), where the body seems…

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 2d

Also, if you're "in bed with flu", it's almost certainly Covid.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 2d

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 4d

"Usutu, which mainly infects birds, was first detected in London blackbirds in 2020 and has been found in birds or mosquitoes every year since, making it now endemic to the UK … Usutu often establishes first, with West Nile following as temperatures rise."

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First evidence in the UK of breeding aegypti mosquito – the main spreader of dengue, chikungunya and Zika

The first discovery of Aedes aegypti eggs in the UK shows how climate change and global travel are helping mosquitoes that spread dengue and Zika expand northwards.

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 6d

This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was just announced:
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...

This seems like a good opportunity for me to explain a bit about peripheral immune tolerance and where the prizewinners' work comes in 🧵

6 October 2025

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has decided to award the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to:

Mary E. Brunkow
Institute for Systems Biology,
Seattle, USA

Fred Ramsdell
Sonoma Biotherapeutics,
San Francisco, USA

Shimon Sakaguchi
Osaka University,
Osaka, Japan

“for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance”

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 6d

According to the immunologist Alice Denton, researchers have been speculating for a while that regulatory T cells might win a #NobelPrize because the findings are so important: cen.acs.org/people/nobel...

Learn more about cell therapies for autoimmunity: cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic... #chemsky 🧪

Interest grows in cell therapy for autoimmunity

A flurry of financial activity from cell therapy companies focused on regulatory T cells

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 6d

Just watched an English VoxPop & what was striking was that a number of respondents genuinely believed the UK has nothing to do with the Israel-Palestinian conflict. In fact the UK is part of the military attack on the Gaza Strip & its political & military leaders at risk of ICJ & ICC prosecution:

UK’s surveillance flights over Gaza raise questions on help for Israeli military

Government says it controls what information is shared as critics question the role of intelligence gathering

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 6d

The UK had by my calculations, per capita, twice the number of fatalities as the Republic of Ireland. Ireland wasn’t exactly gold standard. Experts were begging the UK govt & opposition to follow basic science, to no avail. The UK scientific establishment was silent. Only Independent SAGE spoke out

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 6d

On this week’s cover of The Lancet, a new letter: “Gaza’s healthocide: medical societies must not stay silent”.

Read the letter and more in our latest issue: tinyurl.com/5n85x448

Cover of The Lancet's Oct 4, 2025 issue. Cover quote reads: "Most medical and surgical societies worldwide have remained silent or issued vague statements about Gaza's healthocide [...] Staying silent while pretending to be neutral is, in effect, a form of complicity."

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 7d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 7d

According to the Israeli far right the Board of Deputies is pro-Palestinian. Absolute lunatics

Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 7d

Here is Chikli’s response to the Board of Deputies…

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dgspsoa.bsky.social @dgspsoa.bsky.social · 8d

"Blutwäsche, Nikotinpflaster, Gehirntraining – was hilft wirklich? Die Science Cops checken Long Covid-Therapien."

Die Akte Long Covid II: Therapien - Quarks Science Cops

Bei Long Covid ist der Leidensdruck groß ist, die wissenschaftliche Evidenz ziemlich dünn. Hier tauchen immer wieder Heilungsversprechen auf.

www.quarks.de

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 10d

Maps suggest India could bear biggest impact from mosquito-borne #chikungunya🌏

Hyolim Kang & Kaja Abbas discuss most comprehensive mapping of global risk of chikungunya, suggests as infections spread 12 million people in #India could be at risk.

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

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daniel campion @travelhealthdoc.medsky.social · 8d

Vaccinated against flu ✅
Just had covid ❌

I'll give it 3 months before the next vaccine...

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 9d

HARD AGREE.

Chris Gallon @chrisgallon.bsky.social · 9d

If he wasn't finished before the Farage apology he is now. Blue Labour is utterly toxic to the party and it's voters. They really should be treated like Militant was back in the day. They might once have had half a point but reality has now left their building.

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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 9d

New post. The whole acetaminophen/autism story is a disgusting little scale model of how the entire Trump administration works:

Acetaminophen and Autism: The Trump Administration Style

www.science.org

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 9d

Are you a physician, nurse, or pharmacist looking to specialise in travel medicine?✈️🌏

Gain the knowledge, practical tools & conceptual framework needed to deliver a modern, evidence-based travel health service with our expertly designed short course.

www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 11d

Why is Starmer becoming more confident criticising Brexit? Because quietly, without any great drama, a consensus has been reached. It's a disaster inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 12d

Bunch of relatively rich white men on here saying "no one could have predicted how bad things would get under Trump!! No one!!!"

Fuck all y'all. Fuck all the way off.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 12d

Krishnan Guru Murthy, "Isn't it a bit insulting to say to an Indian doctor who is working 60-70 hours a week that in order to get settled status he's got to volunteer?"

Rachel Reeves, "We want people to contribute if they come to our country"

Labour have gone utterly bonkers

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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 13d

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👃66% have unrecognized loss of smell after COVID
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Photo from Michael Hoerger. COVID Northeastern surge. States in reds and oranges from the north east. Connecticut is dark burgundy red and show 1 in 18 people currently infected with COVID.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13d

TV tonight: Belfast’s brilliant cop show is back on the beat

Northern Irish police drama Blue Lights returns for season three. Plus, Prof Jim Al-Khalili gets inside our heads in a Horizon two-parter on the human brain. Here’s what to watch this evening

www.theguardian.com

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 15d

Terrific new review of flu & COVID vaccine recommendations in Vaccine from Jessica Breznik, Matt Miller, & @msmacrophage.bsky.social!

They make a compelling data-driven case for expanding COVID vaccines & optimizing timing for COVID waves, as we do for flu.👇

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Rationalizing recommendations for influenza and COVID-19 vaccines

Influenza vaccination saves lives, reduces short-term and long-term health consequences, decreases healthcare utilization, and improves pregnancy outc…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Oliver Koch @okoch.bsky.social · 16d

Less than 2 weeks to go. Sign up now for some fantastic #travelmedicine CPD. @bgtha.bsky.social @rcn.org.uk @rcpsglasgow.bsky.social @travelhealthdoc.medsky.social #ID.Sky

Oliver Koch @okoch.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨 Just 1 month to go! The Faculty of Travel Medicine Annual Conference 2025 returns on 9 Oct.
📅 Book by 12 Sept with code TMC10 for 10% off (in-person & online). @rcpsglasgow.bsky.social @travelhealthdoc.medsky.social @rcn.org.uk #travelmedicine #IDSky

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