Hacker NewsJ. Craig Venter, genomics pioneer and founder of JCVI, dies at 79
#HackerNews #JCraigVenter #Genomics #Pioneer #JCVI #Science #Innovation #Legacy
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️Why is it so hard to rewrite a genome?
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00462-z
Synthetic biologists have the know-how and ambition to retool whole genomes. But the hidden complexity of biological systems continues to surprise them.
#biology #MolecularBiology #SyntheticBiology #GeneticEngineering #genomics #FunctionalGenomics #JCVI
Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦So JVCI are now recommending that from now on, #Covid19 vaccines should be limited to those over 75, care home residents, and people who are immunosuppressed.
The government claims to be worried about the number of people not working because they're on long term sick leave, and yet they don't seem keen to take even the most basic precautions to keep us safe from a disease that can make us long-term sick.
Absolutely bonkers.
AutisticMumTo3Why we should vaccinate all children against chickenpox, and why we haven’t so far
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/familyhealth/why-we-should-vaccinate-all-children-against-chickenpox-and-why-we-haven-t-so-far/ar-AA1jVmd8?cvid=ed715a55c7fe450bd14c3a4701f77b6a&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=4
#Chickenpox
#Varicella
#VaricellaVaccination
#ChickenpoxVaccination
#WHO
#EssentialMedicinesList
#JointCommitteeOnVaccinationAndImmunization
#JCVI
#Shingles
Sally JefferyProfessor Christina Pagel’s latest update on the UK’s entirely capable and resilient 2024 Covid vaccination planning:
“JCVI relies on bespoke modelling for its recommendations for booster rollout but the main model was coded in Python and they had to stop using it because the staff member that knew Python had left.”
Dr Joe Pajak#AdultsSeasonalBoosters
In Ireland: 'adults will be offered a booster dose if age 50 or older', @HSELive
In the UK, #JCVI advises
'adults age 75 years and over, be offered a COVID-19 vaccine this spring.' @UKHSA
Defies evidence-based reasoning?
Is potentially discriminatory?@age_uk
In Ireland: 'adults will be offered a booster dose if age 50 or older', @HSELive
In the UK, #JCVI advises
'adults age 75 years and over, be offered a COVID-19 vaccine this spring.' @UKHSA
Defies evidence-based reasoning?
Is potentially discriminatory?@age_uk
#AdultsSeasonalBoosters
So, @UKHSA, in Ireland:
'adults will be offered a booster dose if: aged 50 or older', @HSELive
But in the UK, #JCVI advises
'adults aged 75 years and over, be offered a COVID-19 vaccine this spring.'
Defies evidence-based reasoning?
https://twitter.com/i/status/1755984148349505550
SubtleBlade ⚔️#JCVI statement on #COVID19 #vaccination in spring 2024 and considerations on future COVID-19 vaccination
'UK COVID-19 vaccination programme began Dec 8, 2020. As of Jun 1, 2022, the vaccine schedule recommended by UK's #JCVI consisted of:
💉One dose for those aged 5–11 years
💉Two for 12–15 years
💉Three for 16–74 years, and
💉Four for 75 years and older.'
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)02467-4/fulltext
💉One dose for those aged 5–11 years
💉Two for 12–15 years
💉Three for 16–74 years, and
💉Four for 75 years and older.'
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)02467-4/fulltext
AutisticMumTo3Doctors urge government to introduce ‘game changer’ vaccine to prevent babies admitted to hospitals | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/doctors-urge-government-introduce-game-changer-vaccine-prevent-babies-admitted
#Vaccines
#Babies
#Children
#RSV
#JCVI
#RCPCH
#OxfordVaccineGroup
#DepartmentForHealthAndSociaCare
#DeptForHealthAndSocialCare