#Immunology

Darren of Plymouth 🇬🇧

A paper published by the US Army on the Flu vaccine given to soldiers in 2017/18, stated a severe reaction was observed in the soldiers that naturally came across coronavirus,

If having COVID in the past conferred no immunity at all, and you were just as likely to get it again as you were the first time, we would have

Minorities in STEM

Good morning! Today we're going to do a deep "dive" (get ready for more fish puns!) into respiratory immunology and why it's so important to study. Got any Q's? Send

In this immunology explainer, I noted that some anecdotal accounts of COVID-19 reinfections exist, but to confirm them, you'd need to sequence the genes of the virus from both infections

1/This paper is so good. Finally someone dispenses with the faux uncertainty about immunity! It is not "conservative" to ascribe equal priors to unequal beliefs. Ignoring background knowledge is not

You don't fight a pandemic by telling people to be healthier. This isn't how viruses work or how immunology works, or how social determineants of health work. It should not

Atomsk's Sanakan

1/CA lot of COVID-19 contrarians abuse the idea of "cross-reactivity" to make SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) look less dangerous than it really is. Many of them do this

Our paper on antibody & memory B cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 #mRNA vaccines is out @SciImmunology- 1 vs. 2 doses?- What about age & side effects?- Relationships btw/ antibody &

Dr. Kat Milligan-Myhre

I'll be talking to my students about different careers in #Microbiology. If you earned a degree with microbiology (BS, BA, MS, PhD), what degree did you earn, what are you

Nature Rev Immunol

Ok immunology community, we need some suggestions for women and non-white/Asian immunologists to include in the bios in the next edition of Janeway! Maybe @VirusesImmunity can help? Immuno-bio-diversity :)https://twitter.com/Caroline_Bartma/status/11

Edward Nirenberg

There's a thought I've had that's been bugging me and I'd love feedback from the pros on this point: I really don't like the term "natural immunity" to describe the

John-Peter G. Mall, PhD

Registered for a webinar on ”The impact of altered immunity during ageing on SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection” hosted by the British Society of Immunology. Will be interesting. https://twitter.com/britsocimm/status/1245009351498235905?s=21

GlobalGutHealth

Now out: Our article in @SciImmunology on uses for SARS-CoV-2 serology. @JulietBryantBr1 @andrewazman @TheFerrariLab @ben83638 @maciekboni @KylaHayford @michaelmina_lab @isabelrodbar @yapboum2.https://immunology.sciencemag.org/content/5/47/

Mohamed ElTanbouly

1/PD-1 #biology has had a renaissance in recent years#Immunology Schematic from "A Cure Within" ISBN 1621822176 p.33 2/Let me get back in history for one tweet.Basically, PD-1 KO mice do

Priya Sampathkumar

PSampathkumarMD

Cross reactive immunity to COVID?Several studies now suggest that T cells reactive to COVID may be present even in persons without prior exposure to SARS CoV-2 suggesting presence of cross

1/ How do they create peanut allergy in sheep in the laboratory?They immunize (vaccinate) sheep with peanut extract + aluminum adjuvant."sheep were sensitised separately with a crude PN extract and