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
Hear hear although in UK still much to do regarding tackling inequalities to address changes in north versus south in longevity
The US public is fed up with RFK Jr. To really ‘make America healthy again’, it should look to Europe | Devi SridharAmericans are dying younger than Europeans, despite being the wealthiest people on the planet. Wellness fads won’t change that, says public health expert Devi Sridharwww.theguardian.comAI-predicted spatial transcriptomics unlocks breast cancer biomarkers from pathology: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
AI-predicted spatial transcriptomics unlocks breast cancer biomarkers from pathologyPath2Space predicts spatial gene expression directly from histopathology, enabling
low-cost, large-scale characterization of the tumor microenvironment. The inferred
spatial breast cancer landscapes r...www.cell.comEurope must learn from America’s assault on science academic.oup.com/eurpub/artic...
Europe must learn from America’s assault on scienceIn June 2026, several prominent diabetes researchers, including Steven Kahn, editor-in-chief of Diabetes Care, were removed by police from the annual meetiacademic.oup.comGlobal, regional, and national burden of tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis by HIV status, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 - The Lancet Infectious Diseases www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Global, regional, and national burden of tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis by HIV status, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023Global progress towards WHO End TB targets is disparate and fragile. Although many
regions achieved meaningful gains, others have stagnated in recent years. The complexity
of TB prevention is amplifie...www.thelancet.comI study World Cup penalty shoot-outs: they say a lot about the psychology of performance under pressure www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I study World Cup penalty shoot-outs: they say a lot about the psychology of performance under pressureFootball's most nail-biting feature can reveal ways for everyone to manage stressful situations better.www.nature.comAnd thanks to AMS for a super day of lectures and family celebration
Academy of Medical SciencesCongratulations to the 60 exceptional biomedical and health scientists elected to the Academy Fellowship today in recognition of their outstanding contributions to advancing medical science! 🎉 Meet our new Fellows: bit.ly/3Rb82JT
Wonderful news! #VaccinesWork Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given vaccine www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given vaccineA new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.www.bbc.co.ukCalling all students with a research interest in any area of infection/immunity! We're looking for great science writing. The Robin Weiss Prize is to commemorate an inspirational, creative scientist who was highly gifted in writing accessible, readable science. Details here: lnkd.in/eYAHHkT7
www.nature.com/articles/s41... - performed 7776 parallel selection experiments to identify neutralising Ab resistance mutations in 15 primary isolates spanning global HIV-1 genetic diversity - offers a rationale for selecting bnAb combinations most likely to achieve treatment success
Diverse paths to broadly neutralizing antibody escape among HIV-1 strains - Nature MicrobiologyThis study shows that HIV-1 resistance to broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) in clinical development can develop easily and could compromise their use. Nevertheless, it also identifies bnAb combi...www.nature.comAnother red alert for American science | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Another red alert for American scienceAlthough research has bipartisan support in the US Congress, and trust in science is above 75% across the country, the Trump administration seems as determined as ever to mortally wound the nation’s s...www.science.org
Jay Bhattacharya has been a constant critic of the CDC and of public health strategies to protect the public from infectious disease. After mass firings of expert staff, he’s now looking for untrained volunteers to screen airport passengers for Ebola symptoms. A lot could go wrong with this.
CDC asks staff to volunteer to help with Ebola screenings at airports amid DRC outbreakThe CDC sent an "urgent request" to staff to help screen passengers coming from Central Africa for any potential signs of Ebola illness.abcnews.comHard-to-detect mutations explain how common autoimmune diseases arise www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Hard-to-detect mutations explain how common autoimmune diseases ariseAn old theory gains fresh support from advanced DNA sequencing, which can detect rare mutations in B cells from people with autoimmune thyroid conditions.www.nature.comHit a lab project glitch? Thinking about your thesis title like a storyteller can help you focus www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Hit a lab project glitch? Thinking about your thesis title like a storyteller can help you focusCell biologist and crime novelist Frances Brodsky says writing fiction has taught her perseverance and improved her manuscripts.www.nature.com
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Putrino LabWe have known for a while that #LongCOVID pathobiology for many involves reactivation of various herpesviruses. As we continue to validate this it is great to see this work coming out in collaboration with @VirusesImmunity’s incredible team. Here we www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/
