Prof Danny Altmann
@daltmann.bsky.social
Professor of Immunology, Imperial College London. Editor of OUP Oxford Open Immunology. Co-author - Penguin Long Covid Handbook. Discusses: Covid-19, Long Covid, T cells, immunogenetics and HLA, respiratory infection, science policy, arboviruses, C19th lit
Obituary: Susumu Tonegawa, Japan’s first Nobel prizewinner in physiology or medicine www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Obituary: Susumu Tonegawa, Japan’s first Nobel prizewinner in physiology or medicine
Fearless molecular biologist who revealed the workings of antibodies and memories.
nature.com
Very kind - thanks
Tony Britton@thewestonmale.bsky.social · yesterday@meassociation.org.uk @daltmann.bsky.social Just listened to an interesting and dare I say it hopeful 10-min overview about #LongCovid research programmes on today's BBCR4's 'Inside Health' programme - first item in the show, interview with Prof Danny Altmann www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #me/cfs
Hear hear although in UK still much to do regarding tackling inequalities to address changes in north versus south in longevity
The US public is fed up with RFK Jr. To really ‘make America healthy again’, it should look to Europe | Devi Sridhar
Americans are dying younger than Europeans, despite being the wealthiest people on the planet. Wellness fads won’t change that, says public health expert Devi Sridhar
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How mosquitoes are conquering the world — in four charts www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How mosquitoes are conquering the world — in four charts
Mosquito-borne diseases are breaking records as climate change and other human influences allow the insects to expand their range.
nature.com
Call to predoctoral researchers: Introducing the Robin Weiss Science Writing Prize - celebrating creativity in science academic.oup.com/ooim/article...
AI-predicted spatial transcriptomics unlocks breast cancer biomarkers from pathology: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
AI-predicted spatial transcriptomics unlocks breast cancer biomarkers from pathology
Path2Space predicts spatial gene expression directly from histopathology, enabling low-cost, large-scale characterization of the tumor microenvironment. The inferred spatial breast cancer landscapes r...
cell.com
Europe must learn from America’s assault on science academic.oup.com/eurpub/artic...
Europe must learn from America’s assault on science
In June 2026, several prominent diabetes researchers, including Steven Kahn, editor-in-chief of Diabetes Care, were removed by police from the annual meeti
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Global, regional, and national burden of tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis by HIV status, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 - The Lancet Infectious Diseases www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Global, regional, and national burden of tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis by HIV status, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
Global progress towards WHO End TB targets is disparate and fragile. Although many regions achieved meaningful gains, others have stagnated in recent years. The complexity of TB prevention is amplifie...
thelancet.com
I study World Cup penalty shoot-outs: they say a lot about the psychology of performance under pressure www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I study World Cup penalty shoot-outs: they say a lot about the psychology of performance under pressure
Football's most nail-biting feature can reveal ways for everyone to manage stressful situations better.
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And thanks to AMS for a super day of lectures and family celebration
Academy of Medical Sciences@acmedsci.bsky.social · 3mo agoCongratulations to the 60 exceptional biomedical and health scientists elected to the Academy Fellowship today in recognition of their outstanding contributions to advancing medical science! 🎉 Meet our new Fellows: bit.ly/3Rb82JT
Why were mysterious ancient humans found in an African cave all female? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Why were mysterious ancient humans found in an African cave all female?
Analysis of fossil proteins deepens mystery of the enigmatic Homo naledi
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Wonderful news! #VaccinesWork Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given vaccine www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given vaccine
A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.
bbc.co.uk
Calling all students with a research interest in any area of infection/immunity! We're looking for great science writing. The Robin Weiss Prize is to commemorate an inspirational, creative scientist who was highly gifted in writing accessible, readable science. Details here: lnkd.in/eYAHHkT7
HPV jab means ‘close to zero’ chance of cervical cancer death before 30 www.thetimes.com/article/6e58...
HPV jab means ‘close to zero’ chance of cervical cancer death before 30
There were no deaths from the disease among women aged 20 to 24 from 2020-2024, according to the research
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www.nature.com/articles/s41... - performed 7776 parallel selection experiments to identify neutralising Ab resistance mutations in 15 primary isolates spanning global HIV-1 genetic diversity - offers a rationale for selecting bnAb combinations most likely to achieve treatment success
Diverse paths to broadly neutralizing antibody escape among HIV-1 strains - Nature Microbiology
This study shows that HIV-1 resistance to broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) in clinical development can develop easily and could compromise their use. Nevertheless, it also identifies bnAb combi...
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Another red alert for American science | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Another red alert for American science
Although research has bipartisan support in the US Congress, and trust in science is above 75% across the country, the Trump administration seems as determined as ever to mortally wound the nation’s s...
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Jay Bhattacharya has been a constant critic of the CDC and of public health strategies to protect the public from infectious disease. After mass firings of expert staff, he’s now looking for untrained volunteers to screen airport passengers for Ebola symptoms. A lot could go wrong with this.
CDC asks staff to volunteer to help with Ebola screenings at airports amid DRC outbreak
The CDC sent an "urgent request" to staff to help screen passengers coming from Central Africa for any potential signs of Ebola illness.
abcnews.com
Hard-to-detect mutations explain how common autoimmune diseases arise www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Hard-to-detect mutations explain how common autoimmune diseases arise
An old theory gains fresh support from advanced DNA sequencing, which can detect rare mutations in B cells from people with autoimmune thyroid conditions.
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Hit a lab project glitch? Thinking about your thesis title like a storyteller can help you focus www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Hit a lab project glitch? Thinking about your thesis title like a storyteller can help you focus
Cell biologist and crime novelist Frances Brodsky says writing fiction has taught her perseverance and improved her manuscripts.
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Putrino Lab@putrinolab.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe have known for a while that #LongCOVID pathobiology for many involves reactivation of various herpesviruses. As we continue to validate this it is great to see this work coming out in collaboration with @VirusesImmunity’s incredible team. Here we www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/
In this light, it is rather fascinating to read this quote from Jay Bhattacharya, from before when he became the person in charge of outbreak control (CDC Director) instituting extreme measures beyond what public health experts recommend: “The ideology of the [Covid] lockdowns was that…..” 1/n
Dorit Reiss@doritreiss.bsky.social · 3mo agoThey are going beyond what public health experts say is needed. Especially ironic from people who claim to stand for medical freedom and who rode into power over anger over COVID-19 measures. Reminder: Secretary Kennedy is the boss, and responsible. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/u...
@listentotimesradio.bsky.social asked me to discuss #Ebola response and vaccine timelines. Had to mention that when there’s an outbreak like this we all imagine it’s like a Thunderbirds episode - International Rescue/WHO will appear and make it ok. But…1/2
Honoured to be in such distinguished company
Academy of Medical Sciences@acmedsci.bsky.social · 3mo agoCongratulations to the 60 exceptional biomedical and health scientists elected to the Academy Fellowship today in recognition of their outstanding contributions to advancing medical science! 🎉 Meet our new Fellows: bit.ly/3Rb82JT
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii enzyme reprograms PD-L1 trafficking and sensitizes colorectal cancer to immunotherapy in mice - Nature Microbiology
Phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate synthetase from Faecalibacterium prausnitzii inhibits PD-L1 trafficking to boost anti-tumour immunity and potentiate anti-PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy during c...
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www.nature.com/articles/s41... 'Genome-wide analyses of EBVread+ identified strong associations at the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), including 54 independent human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles of MHC classes I and II, and at 27 genomic regions outside MHC'
Host control of persistent Epstein–Barr virus infection - Nature
Using blood-based genome sequence data, non-genetic and genetic factors associated with control of Epstein–Barr virus during persistent infection are reported.
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The Oxford Open Immunology ‘Robin Weiss Science Writing Prize’
Oxford Open Immunology is pleased to announce the launch of the Robin Weiss Science Writing Prize, a new international award recognising outstanding science wri
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Prof Danny Altmann@daltmann.bsky.social · 3mo agoCalling all students with a research interest in any area of infection/immunity! We're looking for great science writing. The Robin Weiss Prize is to commemorate an inspirational, creative scientist who was highly gifted in writing accessible, readable science. Details here: lnkd.in/eYAHHkT7
Calling all students with a research interest in any area of infection/immunity! We're looking for great science writing. The Robin Weiss Prize is to commemorate an inspirational, creative scientist who was highly gifted in writing accessible, readable science. Details here: lnkd.in/eYAHHkT7
BMJ meta-analysis: "evidence does not support causal associations between aluminium adjuvanted vaccines and serious or long term health outcomes"
Benjamin Mazer@mazer.us · 3mo agoCurrent evidence does not support causal associations between aluminium adjuvanted vaccines and serious or long term health outcomes. From the famously corrupt Public Health Agency of Canada www.bmj.com/content/393/...
