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Damage response signaling by the extracellular adenosine pathway: control of infection outcome during host aging | mSphere Individuals display heterogeneity in overall infection outcomes ranging from infection resistance all the way to overt disease and death (1–3). Overall infection outcomes are governed by the ability o...

New review part of mSphere full circle series: Damage response signaling by the extracellular adenosine pathway: control of infection outcome during host aging | mSphere journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....

A reminder: 40% of US Nobel prize winners since 2000 have been immigrants.

These immune cells won Nobel fame — can they solve autoimmune disease? Regulatory T cells, which help to dampen inflammation, are being used in clinical trials against ailments such as rheumatoid arthritis.

The class of immune cells at the centre of Monday’s Nobel prize is showing promise as a treatment for autoimmune diseases, cancer and even organ transplants — but there are still key challenges to overcome before these cells can be used in therapies in the clinic.

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Buffalo peeps! I am hosting a science spooktacular event at the new Third Space venue downtown on Oct 30 at 6PM! Come hear fun stories about science from trainees, all geared towards a non-specialist audience. Check the flyer for all the info! Please RT

It’s #MythBustingMonday.
Today’s myth: “Multiple vaccines at once will overload a child’s immune system.”
This idea is popular with anti-vaccine groups and also POTUS. But immunology, decades of research, and real-world data all say the same thing: it’s false. 🧵

Assistant or Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (JSMBS) at the State University of New York at Buffalo (UB) invites applications for a faculty position in the Department of Microbiology and Immu...

www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/58737
Our department is hiring!!! We are looking for an immunologist for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate faculty position. Very supportive environment & 100% hard salary. Please spread the word! Details 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

Sterilizing immunity: the latest anti-vaccine rallying cry. A real thing co-opted by anti-vaccine activists to undermine vaccines.

By anti-vax logic, if a vaccine doesn’t doesn’t block all infections, it’s a “failure.”

MOST vaccines don’t elicit sterilizing immunity. No one pretends they do.

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Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...

JAMA Forum on the proposed NIH budget…

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NIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment - Nature Human Behaviour Nature Human Behaviour - NIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Every $1 spent on NIH funding returns nearly $3 to the economy - an almost 200% return on investment💰.
Also 99% of drugs developed 2010-2019 were funded by NIH ‼️🤯
Cutting NIH funding not only hurts the economy but will hurt families and patients 😔💔

ASM maintains the critical need for a budget agreement that supports funding levels that will allow the U.S. to maintain its position as a scientific leader and address the public health needs of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...

Secretary Kennedy's announcement that COVID-19 vaccines will no longer be recommended for healthy children and pregnant women could reduce vaccine access for millions of Americans.

IDSA urges insurers to maintain coverage for COVID-19 vaccines: bit.ly/4jjmwPV

Joyce Wolford is alive today because of a cutting-edge NIH study.

Trump officials cut $2.7 BILLION from NIH funding in the first three months of this year.

The American people do not want us to slash lifesaving research to give tax breaks to billionaires.

How cuts at the National Institutes of Health could impact Americans' health Cuts and layoffs to the National Institutes of Health threaten medical research around the U.S., agency insiders warn.

The National Institutes of Health, the largest funder of biomedical research in the world, has fired 1,300 employees and cancelled more than $2 billion in federal research grants. https://cbsn.ws/4daiCrv

Vacciness have saved > 6 lives/min in the last 50 years, yet their importance & safety is often questioned

“We should not allow misinformation, disinformation, ignorance and defunding to hinder vaccine development, deployment and use”

My latest @plosbiology.org

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Thank you for organizing!

Congratulations Ira!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

A call for the United States to continue investing in science | mBio The U.S. life science research mission is critical not only to human health and understanding the natural world but also to agriculture and food production, technological innovations, socioeconomic progress, and our national defense and leadership worldwide. A 2025 Research!America survey reveals that 92% of Americans want government to actively work to promote medical progress, in part by funding infectious and chronic disease research. Why? Because biomedical research saves lives, prevents suffering, and increases quality of life for not only Americans but for people throughout the world. While less well appreciated, science also drives enormous economic growth. Indeed, historically there has been widespread bipartisan support for biomedical funding by the federal government. Below we discuss the U.S. scientific research enterprise and provide evidence and arguments we hope the ASM community can use to advocate for science.

Scientific research is important. Scientific research saves lives. Scientific research fuels the economy. Scientific research keeps the country safe. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...