#immunologySky
It's an irony that anti-vax and their claims of wellness and supplements against infectious diseases pass on how vaccines work. Vaccines are among the most natural interventions we use. They select and exercise your own cells! Your cells battle the pathogen better equipped.

#medsky #immunologysky

December 21, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Early antiviral CD4+ and CD8+ T cells are associated with upper airway clearance of SARS-CoV-2

Evidence for protective roles for circulating SARS2-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cells during acute COVID-19. #ImmunologySKy #MedSky

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December 23, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Writing a new NIH grant. Always trying to walk that fine line between what is truly exciting ("I want to do this!") and something mildly boring ("this is feasible"). #GrantWriting #ScienceSky #ChemSky #ImmunologySky
January 3, 2024 at 3:44 PM
It has focus groups: medsky, immunologysky etc. Scientists are here, journals and editors have arrived, news organisations, you can arrange your own feeds, and most importantly: it is not abused and owned by a extreme right arse.
December 21, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Small-molecule inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 NSP14 RNA cap methyltransferase

a small molecule that can stop SARS-CoV-2 from replicating in cells. #immunologySky #MedSky

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Small-molecule inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 NSP14 RNA cap methyltransferase
Nature - The development of a first-in-class non-covalent small-molecule inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 replication that targets the viral guanine-N7 methyltransferase NSP14 is reported.
www.nature.com
December 20, 2024 at 2:28 PM
System vaccinology analysis of predictors and mechanisms of antibody response durability to multiple vaccines in humans

An unexpected role for platelets in modulating antibody response durability.
#medSky #ImmunologySky

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System vaccinology analysis of predictors and mechanisms of antibody response durability to multiple vaccines in humans
Nature Immunology - Pulendran and colleagues define a molecular signature that can be used to predict the durability of antibody responses to vaccination and reveal important insights into the...
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January 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Nucleic-acid-induced ZCCHC3 condensation promotes broad innate immune responses

www.cell.com/molecular-ce... #immunology #innateimmunity #ImmunologySky
February 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Help! What's the term for a zoonotic pathogen like mpox that jumps back and forth from humans to animals? Is it still fair to call mpox a zoonosis? Having a terminology fail. #MicroSky #VirologySky #ImmunologySky
December 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Looking for help from #sciencesky (is that a thing? #immunologysky ?):

If this and the various other vaccines are pulled, what’s the timeline for impacts?
The lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pick federal health officials for the incoming Trump administration has petitioned the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine, which for decades has protected millions of people from a virus that can cause paralysis or death.
Kennedy’s Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine
Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:22 PM