Brian Ferguson

@PizzornoAndres Thank you Andrés!

@viropractor Really cool work. Well done!

Fantastic to be part of this study that adds a new type of ubiquitin chain to the mechanism of pattern recognition receptor signalling. ANKIB1 is required for PRR-driven interferon production and has a broad impact on antiviral immunity. nature.com/articles/s4155…

Babies like garlic flavoured breast milk, drink more of it, and suckle longer when given it, according to a study that won the paediatrics prize at the 2025 Ig Nobel awards. The annual awards are for studies that “first make people laugh, and then think” bmj.com/content/390/bm…

‼️THE MOST EXTREME DAY THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN Is exactly Sept 19th 2025. Dozens of thousands of records are being smashed with the record margins between Oceania,Asia,Europe,Africa and South America. INCLUDING SEVERAL WORLD RECORDS.... Wait for the long streak of tweets..

Don’t miss the Cambridge Immunology Forum 2025 – just over a week away! #BSICambridge25 Join us on 23 Sept at Queens’ College, Cambridge for a day of cutting-edge talks on immune migration, gut–brain axis, vascular immunology & more. Register now 👉 bit.ly/4kuhr8Z

The preprint claiming link between COVID-19 mRNA vaccines and 'transcriptomic dysregulation' and cancer (based on just 10 people who got cancer in the year after vaccination) has been withdrawn. HT: Reese Richardson. preprints.org/manuscript/202… See: scienceintegritydigest.com/2025/07/25/pre…

Analyzing over 44 million US medical records, University of Virginia researchers found that patients hospitalized with severe COVID infection had a 19% higher risk of developing lung cancer. These findings of SARS-CoV-2’s oncogenic potential adds to recent evidence that SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses can trigger rapid metastatic growth of breast cancer cells in the lungs within two weeks of infection. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Claims that vaccines haven’t been tested against placebo are demonstrably false. We’ve documented 661 inert placebo-controlled trials (e.g., saline), including 503 for childhood vaccines. 100% of routinely recommended childhood vaccines have undergone placebo testing.

@RuxandraTeslo failed on efficacy in phase 3 "Delandistrogene moxeparvovec did not lead to a significant improvement in NSAA score at week 52. Some of the secondary endpoints numerically favored treatment, although no statistical significance can be claimed" nature.com/articles/s4159…

I want to understand if Sarepta is efficacious or not. Can ppl opine? My take is that we should index much less on safety as long as smth works & considering severity of disease. But we shouldn't approve stuff that doesn't work & is also somewhat risky & expensive.

Fantastic new paper by Reese Richardson et al. "The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly." An enormous amount of work showing the extent of coordinated scientific fraud and involvement of some editors. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

The modern cardiovascular drug development landscape has been largely shaped by human genetic studies. Emerging IL-6 targeting therapies are a landmark example. In this @Circ_Gen paper with the @TourmalineBio team (developing an anti-IL6 antibody for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease), we review how genetics pinpointed IL-6 signaling as a causal driver of athero-inflammation👇

Dr. Hiviid responds to the claims of RFK Jr’s Dept HHS. Dr. Hiviid, please know that many (if not most) of us in U.S. biomedical community do not support the junk science of a corrupt wellness/influencer industry & its pseudoscience agenda, we’re with you trialsitenews.com/a/data-vs.-dou…

Lord Chris Smith has been elected as the new Chancellor of the University of Cambridge @Cambridge_Uni. Lord Smith said “To be elected as Chancellor of the University I love is a huge honour. I’m thrilled." Read more about Lord Smith and the Chancellor election: cam.ac.uk/about-the-univ…

Tremendously crass to platform him at a time that measles cases are surging in the UK. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The #Virology Unit at @PasteurCambodia hiring 1 Scientist and 2 Postdocs to join our fast-moving, field-connected, research-driven team on emerging viruses and #zoonoses. Limited time to apply — and we need people to start ASAP.**👇 #academicjobs

Could this be the future of cancer prevention? Walid Khaled @Cambridge_Uni, a new ERC Advanced Grant recipient, will work on a preventive vaccine for breast cancer. 👉 europa.eu/!WPxYgx #ERCAdG #CancerResearch #FrontierResearch

The culling and replacement of #ACIP at RFK's behest is shocking, sure. However, what we absolutely MUST NOT forget is that the long-term aim of this 💩 is to normalise the adoption of fringe, politically driven "scientific views" into mainstream policy, now and in the future.

This is an incredible progress story An aggressive type of cancer (Philadelphia chromosome–positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia) used to carry a dismal prognosis, with 50% of patients dying in a year New therapies have transformed it to a cancer that most people are cured of

The recency and geographical origins of the bat viruses ancestral to SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 @CellCellPress What a great work Jonathan @jepekar and Spyros @SpyrosLytras 🤩🤩🤩‼️ cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

"What data are you still collecting?" Thanks for asking 😊 Both spacecraft are collecting data on the interstellar medium, the space between the stars – measuring the magnetic field, particles and cosmic rays, and the effects of shocks and pressure fronts from the Sun.