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Bivalent prefusion F vaccination in pregnancy and respiratory syncytial virus hospitalisation in infants in the UK: results of a multicentre, test-negative, case-control study In the real-world setting of the first season of vaccine implementation in England and Scotland, maternal RSVpreF vaccination was effective and equivalent to trial settings in reducing the risk of hos...

🇬🇧 The first UK data on the effectiveness of #RSV #vaccines in #pregnancy is in!

👶🏽 391 babies with RSV vs 146 controls

🧪 RSV vaccination in pregnancy was 72% effective at preventing RSV in babies, if given >2 weeks before delivery

#MedSky #ImmunoSky #ObGynSky

Measles is more than a rash. Around 1 in 5 children with measles need a hospital visit.

Two doses of the MMR vaccine offer strong protection. Check your records & make sure your family is up to date.

See our infographic & learn more: bit.ly/3PE5kbW

#CelebrateVaccines

Huge congratulations! I hope you had very happy celebrations.

Patient derived cancer-associated fibroblasts from non-small cell lung cancer undergo phenotypic drift in culture BJC Reports - Patient derived cancer-associated fibroblasts from non-small cell lung cancer undergo phenotypic drift in culture

Our latest paper is out. We characterise a known but understudied phenomenon in fibroblast biology of phenotypic drift in culture conditions using cell surface, trancriptonic and functional assessments. @edinuni-irr.bsky.social @cruk-si.bsky.social @ukri.org

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Dawn sits in front of the Helen Phelan Gardner theatre smiling and excited about her upcoming Fringe show.

Just finished up tech rehersal at the Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse - it’s a lovely, intimate venue. Come see ‘The Perils of Being Born in the Fall’ at the #torontofringe Tickets are ‘pay what you can - see you there, Toronto! fringetoronto.com/fringe/show/...

Live Forever?: A Curious Scientist's Guide to Wellness, Ageing and Death Live Forever?: A Curious Scientist's Guide to Wellness, Ageing and Death eBook : Tregoning, John S.: Amazon.co.uk: Books

Just 24 hours left to buy Live Forever at the frankly ludicrously low price of 99p
There are a lot of things, that are a lot worse, and will cause you to die sooner that are very much more expensive.
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Explain to me how the same people who reject vaccinations are talking about drinking raw milk with H5N1 virus in it in order to build up their immunity in case avian flu spreads?

Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults

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Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr.

Scientific American has published a guide to the EVIDENCE-BASED vaccine recommendations in place BEFORE ACIP members were removed by the administration.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...

Schrier to RFK Jr: You gave Cassidy the answer he needed to hear in order to get his confirmation vote, then as soon as you were secretary you turned around & fired all 17 members. You lied. I also want to be clear that I will lay all responsibility for every vaccine-preventable death at your feet.

The US Dept of Health and Human Services cited three safety studies to justify their recommendation that #CovidVaccines no longer be offered in #pregnancy.

The problem? None of those studies showed what HHS said they showed.

One didn’t even look at pregnancy 🤦🏻‍♀️

I spoke to @factcheck.org…

Article headline: "CEO pay dwarfs median salaries"

"Well yeah, that's as it should be.

Just because they're shorter than the average person doesn't mean they deserve less mon...

Oh, I see"

- Me, upon first seeing this headline

Decidual macrophages as therapeutic targets in preterm labour The initiation of labour in humans remains poorly understood, although there is mounting evidence for a role for decidual macrophages. These may trigg…

🤰🏽 Emerging evidence suggests that decidual #macrophages are attractive targets in #PretermLabour

👩🏻‍🔬 But understanding how macrophage subsets differ in their origin, function and localisation will help us to do this better!

📃 Our forum on this is out now!

#ReprodSky #ObGynSky #ImmunoSky #MedSky

SOX9 plays an essential role in myofibroblast driven hepatic granuloma integrity and parenchymal repair during schistosomiasis-induced liver damage Author summary Mammalian infection with schistosome worms results in the deposition of parasite eggs in the liver, where they secrete organ damaging toxins. In response, the liver generates a cellular...

Delighted to share our paper on the role of SOX9 in liver #fibrosis and #granuloma formation during #schistosome infection - a really great collaboration over the past few years with the Piper Hanley lab! #ImmunSky 🪱🧪

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Unhappy Birthday to Me    It’s important to share, or so I’ve been taught,  to show kindness to others, to be a good sport.  But all of those teachings have taken a bump –  for I share my birthday with Donald Trump.    For years I knew not of this dark, dreadful fate,  and with ignorant bliss I honoured the date –  but then it got hijacked, sullied, gazumped  by a self-serving bigot, a foul gibberlump.     With him, I would share an infectious disease,  a mouldy bread roll, an infestation of fleas,  a romantic weekend at a toxic waste dump – but please, not my birthday, Mr. Tangerine Chump.    Alternative dates he’s welcome to try –   12th Febtember, 33rd July. But 14th June? In a lake, take a jump and find a new date, you deranged sewage pump.  Brian Bilston

Happy 14th June to all those (except one) who celebrate.

🚨The NHS says it has a shortage of blood and is asking all of us - can we donate our blood - it’s looking for 200,000 new donors to come forward

Giving blood is one of the most rewarding things you can do

Book an appointment or register today ❤️🙏👇
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Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes in Gaza Distinguished lawyers, senior humanitarians and diplomats tell Jeremy Bowen why they are increasingly concerned about the catastrophe inside Gaza

Jeremy Bowen's long, measured, objective, but ultimately entirely clear and conclusive essay on Israeli war crimes. As Jonathan Sumption puts it:

"These things make genocide the most plausible explanation for what is now happening."

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A study advert flyer showing a picture of a detective in a lab coat inspecting a piece of DNA. The text says: Genetic treatment of depression, what's your view? Participate in a focus group at the University of Edinburgh. The flyer has contact details and a link to an expression of interest form, which is linked in the tweet.

We're recruiting - one in-person (Edinburgh) & one online (anywhere) focus group

We're interested to hear from folk who have experience of depression, and opinions on future possible new treatments.

You can express interest in the group via this form: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

No evidence of immune exhaustion after repeated SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in vulnerable and healthy populations Nature Communications - Repeated vaccination is needed to maintain high levels of SARS-CoV-2 immunity in vulnerable populations, but there is concern that it could lead to immune exhaustion. Here,...

Publication alert: "No evidence of immune exhaustion after repeated SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in vulnerable and healthy populations" ‪@natcomms.nature.com‬ The backstory is particularly interesting-it's a tale of the conflicting needs of scientists & decision makers in times of disinformation ....1/n

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Skyrocketing mpox outbreak in Sierra Leone raises fears of wider spread Boom in infections in the West African nation is driven by the same viral strain that caused a global outbreak in 2022.

Sierra Leone has confirmed 15 deaths and more than 3,000 mpox infections

https://go.nature.com/4kYY1ZP

Does that mean you go to a grocery store and they have to give you the eggs for free AND $18.00?

"We cannot build bananas in America" 👉

"Meanderthals" 👏

We have officially moved in.

Our Pop-Up Science Shop will be open to the public from 7th July until 3rd August 3025.

Find us in the St David's shopping centre in Cardiff near John Lewis, Zara and Apple.

Learn about the microbial world in, on and around us.

Including the black death.

Czech data doesn't show COVID-19 vaccines cause infertility Fertility rates are influenced by many variables, such as age and education. A preprint finding fewer births in vaccinated women didn't account for confounding factors. Published studies didn’t find a...

I know of 13 studies that have looked at #fertility following mRNA #CovidVaccination, all finding no effect.

Yet misinformation that COVID vaccination harms fertility is *still* circulating!

I spoke to @sciencefeedback.bsky.social

#MedSky #ReproSky #VaccineSky #IDSky

Really enjoyed watching your inaugural - congratulations John!

It doesn’t get more corrupt than this. Trump pardoned a tax cheat after his mom attended a $1 million dinner and helped push a smear campaign against Biden. This is pay-to-play at its dirtiest.