Scientific fraud through fake papers, paper mills and targeted journals is already occurring at scale. It is organized, orchestrated, and rapidly growing, far outpacing legitimate science pnas.org/doi/abs/10.107… nytimes.com/2025/08/04/sci… by Carl Zimmer

Important first-in-human report today for donor pancreatic islet beta-cell transplant to an individual w/Type 1 diabetes. With genome editing of the cells, there was no immune response induced or need for immunosuppression. Major implications for transplantation in general NEJM

The 2025 medicine laureates have discovered how the immune system is kept in check. The body’s powerful immune system must be regulated, or it may attack our own organs. This year’s laureates identified the immune system’s security guards, regulatory T cells, which prevent

This year’s medicine laureate Shimon Sakaguchi discovered a new class of T cells. Sakaguchi was swimming against the tide in 1995, when he made a key discovery. At the time, many researchers were convinced that immune tolerance only developed due to potentially harmful immune

Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell – who have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine – gained decisive insights into how autoimmune diseases arise. Brunkow and Ramsdell made a key discovery in 2001, when they presented the explanation for why a specific mouse

Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance that prevents the immune system from harming the body. The Nobel Prize laureates

Learn more about the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine Press release: bit.ly/3WdEWIQ Popular information: bit.ly/485PfpH Advanced information: bit.ly/4mGEi1p

Our immune system is an evolutionary masterpiece. Every day it protects us from the thousands of different viruses, bacteria and other microbes that attempt to invade our bodies. Without a functioning immune system, we would not survive. One of the immune system’s marvels is its

La inmunología es lo que está dominando el presente y futuro.👇

Premio 2025 Nobel Prize en Química a Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson y Omar M. Yaghi "por el desarrollo de estructuras metalorgánicas

Las estructuras metalorgánicas que crearon contienen grandes cavidades por las que las moléculas pueden fluir hacia adentro y hacia afuera. Las han utilizado para captar agua del aire del desierto, extraer contaminantes del agua, capturar dióxido de carbono y almacenar hidrógeno.

BREAKING NEWS The 2025 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”

‘Herscht 07769’ by this year’s literature laureate László Krasznahorkai has been described as a great contemporary German novel, on account of its accuracy in portraying the country’s social unrest. In ‘Herscht 07769’ we find ourselves in not a feverish nightmare in the

Gut bacteria can produce serotonin which may be the underpinning of intestinal dysfunctional motility such as irritable bowel syndrome cell.com/cell-reports/f…

No clear evidence to support any link between maternal acetaminophen (Tylenol) intake and autism or ADHD in offspring, a new umbrella systematic review The BMJ

Today I am at ASTMH 🇨🇦, sitting on an expert panel about attacks on science. Canada losing its measles elimination status is the direct result of rejecting scientific breakthroughs that have saved millions of lives. Now more kids will die of a completely preventable disease.

Canada has lost its measles elimination status...a sad milestone. Now is the time to double down on lowering barriers to routine childhood immunizations and ensuring Canadians have access to credible, science-based information. Link: tinyurl.com/c8nfxvk3

Not sure what my personal hell looks like but I bet it includes RFK Jr discussing invented flu vaccine risks with Alan Dershowitz on a conspiracy-addled business podcast. FYI flu vaccines don’t make you more likely to get other infections or injure your immune system.

This is wrong. We need to call out misinformation, no matter who the source is.

3 papers today The Lancet on the health dangers of ultraprocessed foods and call for action thelancet.com/journals/lance… The health risks