Following the announcement that the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine is being withdrawn Professor Sheena Cruickshank from the Lydia Becker Institute and Professor Christina Pagel from UCL have written a joint piece for the New Statesman about its development, ...
In the next entry in our 'Study in Focus' series Dr Elizabeth Mann and Dr Nicholas Scott write about their study exploring the lingering effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients experiencing Long COVID symptoms. Their research has uncovered unique immune signatures...
As part of Independent SAGE's new 'Myth Busters' series our Eco-immunology Deputy Branch Lead Professor Sheena Cruickshank tackles the myth there's no point getting vaccinated if it doesn't stop you from getting infected.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhn1D1OC_qkKeep...
Wired Magazine recently interviewed Dr Elizabeth Mann and Dr Laurence Pearmain about their paper published in the European Respiratory Journal on Long Covid and the link between abnormal immune cells known as monocytes and lung injury - resulting in long-lasting and...
In order to mark International Day of Immunology 2023 experts from the Lydia Becker Institute will be taking part in a Reddit 'As Me Anything' on Saturday 29th April at 3pm GMT.Our Director Professor Tracy Hussell, Eco-immunology Deputy Lead Professor Sheena...
Greater Manchester Researchers have shown for the first time that malfunctioning behaviour of a type of immune cell is linked to specific symptoms of long- COVID. The team was from The University of Manchester, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT),...
Our Eco-immunology Deputy Branch Lead Professor Sheena Cruickshank writes in The Conversation about the large wave of respiratory tract infections over the past two months in countries like the UK and the US, which has led some to question whether COVID damages the...
Our Barrier immunology Deputy Branch Lead Dr Sean Knight has been awarded a BMA Foundation J Moulton grant for research into Long COVID.Up to 70 percent of patients hospitalised for COVID-19 pneumonitis have persistent symptoms several months after the acute...
Professor Sheena Cruickshank writes in The Conversation about the potential of inhalable and nasal vaccines to offer more durable protection against COVID-19 than regular shots.While conventional needle-in-your-arm vaccines induce a more systemic immune response,...
Prof Sheena Cruickshank, along with three other health experts, has written in The Conversation about the response to COVID thus far - what has worked well, what mistakes scientists and policymakers made, and what needs to be done to protect human health from here on....
