Your immune system is as unique as your fingerprint – new study

Christoph Burgstedt/Shutterstock Every person appears to have a unique immune system. My colleagues and I discovered this immune diversity after charting antibodies in the blood from healthy and sick people. The discovery could help explain why, for example, COVID vaccines appear to be less effective for some people. At theContinue Reading

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Scouse Soldiers: the organised crime gangs of Merseyside

Oleg Elkov/Shutterstock Like many urban areas in the UK, Merseyside has a long and notorious history of street gangs. From the Cornermen and High Rip gangs of the 19th century, to the Croxteth Crew, Nogga Dogs and Moss Edz, the self-perceived North Face “Scouse Soldiers” of today, all have leftContinue Reading

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Vintage Choice ticks every box imaginable in a seven-runner Maiden Stakes over seven furlongs of ‘good’ ground Redcar this afternoon despite meeting a previous winner which will not be carrying penalty; my selection is trained by a ‘placing genius’, mount of current champion apprentice, clear ‘best-in’ on the time-handicap andContinue Reading

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RIO DENIES RIFT AS HE URGES OLE TO CALL HIM Rio Ferdinand has sought to dampen talk of a rift between himself and Manchester United gaffer Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.  And the Old Trafford hero insists ‘it’s all love’ with the Red Devils chief whilst urging Solskjaer to call him.  TheContinue Reading

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Social media is awash with bogus COVID treatments. First, there was hydroxychloroquine, then bleach, followed hard on the heels by ivermectin – a cattle dewormer. The latest on the scene is povidone-iodine, an antiseptic. Some people have claimed on social media that gargling with iodine can prevent the spread andContinue Reading

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National Statistics published this month the latest defence statistics revealing that Royal Air Force aircraft numbers are reducing while its uniformed regular personnel increase in numbers. National Statistics’ annual report ‘UK armed forces equipment and formations’ gives the number of aircraft in all three armed forces, and its ‘quarterly serviceContinue Reading

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