Our paper on the confusing world of HpARI proteins is now out in Infection and Immunity! We show that H. polygyrus bakeri secretes 3 HpARI family members, 2 of which suppress IL-33 responses, while one amplifies IL-33 responses. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
IL-33 is an IL-1 family alarmin cytokine which is constitutively expressed by epithelial cells, where it is stored in cellular nuclei and released under conditions of damage and necrosis (1). Upon rel...
Wonderful news and shows just how important vaccination is- ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women who were fully vaccinated against HPV. 👏
A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective".
Not only was the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine ineffective against COVID19 but it’s been estimated that it cost almost 17,000 people their lives and folks who promoted it so actively and persistently like Trump have a LOT to answer for
Study calculated that there was an 11% increase in mortality associated with cases involving the use of hydroxychloroquine
Excellent but stark from @chrischirp summarising where Uk data is in terms of Covid and flu. It’s not good, we are seeing more cases, there is reduced vaccine uptake in those eligible and many are now years from last booster. There really should be a surge vaccine campaign before NHS is overwhelmed
Well the latest results of the ONS Covid Winter Infection Survey are in and they are, frankly, eye-popping. The estimate prevalence (percentage of infected people) in England as of a week ago is alrea...
Journal fees for open access are becoming obscene. But what are we, scientists, paying for? I made a simple plot with journals in my research area(s). Clearly, we are paying for prestige: a shockingly clean correlation between the impact factor and journal fees
Always remember that Johnson did not get the big calls right on COVID19. He was lazy, incompetent and a pathological liar.
Don't fall in love with a "foreigner" kids - that's only for the rich. How much more can this Tory government wreck our country and our society before we can get them out?
So this shambolic Tory government want the UK to be a "science superpower" yet the vast majority of postdocs don't earn enough to get a skilled worker visa under the new plans
The salary needed for skilled workers is rising to £38,700, and care workers will not be allowed to bring dependants.
Google to pay Canada news publishers $73m a year to keep news in search
Deal resolves tech giant’s concerns over Online News Act, which makes big companies share advertising revenue with publishers