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Tuure Kinnunen

@tuurekinnunen.bsky.social
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Professor of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland. All things immunology, with a special interest in T cells and autoimmunity. Lab page: uefconnect.uef.fi/en/translational-…

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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Wonderful news! #VaccinesWork Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given vaccine www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given vaccine
A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.
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Tuure Kinnunen @tuurekinnunen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Excellent piece of advice, should be compulsory to all new students starting their research careers.
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Tuure Kinnunen @tuurekinnunen.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
The accumulating evidence for shingles vaccination preventing dementia starts to look very convincing!
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Tuure Kinnunen @tuurekinnunen.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Extremely well-written article on the first 230 years of vaccines, and on the technological advances (microbiological cultures, microscopy, genetic engineering) needed along the way to make all the modern vaccines possible!
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Tuure Kinnunen @tuurekinnunen.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Nice overview of emerging technologies (CAR-T and reverse vaccines) to treat #autoimmune diseases.
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Tuure Kinnunen @tuurekinnunen.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Interesting advance in treatment of severe T-cell leukemia. Using base-edited allogeneic CAR-T, leukemic T cells are first destroyed. This is followed by conditioning treatment, which also kills the CAR-T, and allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Basically, the whole immune system is reset.
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Tuure Kinnunen @tuurekinnunen.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Interesting follow-up study on the effect of Shingles vaccine on dementia: it appears that the vaccine may both prevent the disease and slow the progression in individuals already affected!
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Tuure Kinnunen @tuurekinnunen.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Yes, Tregs finally getting the spotlight they deserve! 🙌
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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
“You are here to learn to ride a bicycle, not to invent a bicycle.” "Now, I’m about to establish my own research group. I feel ready to design and invent my own bicycle. I’ll remind my trainees that their job, first and foremost, is to learn how to ride." www.science.org/content/arti...
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How a Ph.D. is like riding a bike
This researcher struggled in grad school—until he embraced it as a time for learning
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Tuure Kinnunen @tuurekinnunen.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Monoclonal antibodies 50 year anniversary!
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Tuure Kinnunen @tuurekinnunen.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
New science out from our group! This time on autoantibody specifities in juvenile idiopathic arthritis #JIA #immunosky #medsky. @uniuef.bsky.social It is well known that antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) are prevalent in JIA patients, but the actual autoantigen targeted has remained elusive.
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Tuure Kinnunen @tuurekinnunen.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
New results on the role of circulating T follicular (cTfh) and T peripheral helper (cTph) cells in type 1 diabetes out at @eurjimmunol.bsky.social: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #immunosky #T1D #autoimmunity
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The Frequency but not the Phenotype of Circulating Peripheral T Helper Cells is Increased at Later Stages of Progression to Type 1 Diabetes
Frequencies of circulating T peripheral helper (cTph) and activated T follicular helper (cTfh) cells increase close to the diagnosis of clinical type 1 diabetes, but not at the onset of autoimmunity.....
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WHO @who.int · 10/06/2025
Vaccines are rigorously tested, they are effective, and they save lives. More than 150 million lives have been saved in the past 50 years thanks to vaccines! But you may be worried about what's in them? So, let’s break it down ⬇
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Tuure Kinnunen @tuurekinnunen.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Interested in translational human immunology? We are currently recruiting a PhD student or a post-doc to work on an exciting project to to study immune changes leading to the development of type 1 diabetes. #immunosky #sciencejobs uef.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Postdoctoral Researcher/Doctoral Researcher/Project Researcher, Translational Immunology
The University of Eastern Finland is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher/Doctoral Researcher/Project Researcher (Translational Immunology) position in Kuopio. The position will be fill
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Multiple recent studies, including 3 impressive natural experiments, consistently show a link between Shingles vaccines and reduced dementia. This week a nationwide S Korea study added a reduction of cardiovascular events My summary Table. More here on dementia erictopol.substack.com/p/the-shingl...
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Tuure Kinnunen @tuurekinnunen.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
More data is emerging that one shot of HPV vaccine is already efficient for protection, and boosters would not be needed. This change could both help increase vaccine compliance and reduce costs, both of which could increase HPV vaccine coverage globally.
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Tuure Kinnunen @tuurekinnunen.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
CMV infection appears to improve anti-PD1 therapy efficacy and reduce the risk of immune-mediated toxicity of the therapy. CMV may have positive immunomodulatory effects, as evidenced also by previous reports suggesting a protective effect on development of autoimmune diseases like T1D and MS.
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Vera Mikkilä @veramikkila.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Are you a professor or assistant professor level researcher in the US or elsewhere outside of Finland? Looking for new opportunities in an inspiring and well-connected research environment? Finland might be just the place for you. Reach out to Finnish universities to explore what’s possible.
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Finland invests in research excellence – new funding call by Research Council of Finland to support recruitment of international talents
The Research Council of Finland (RCF) has launched a funding call to improve universities’ ability to recruit international experts to Finland. In line with the RCF’s strategy, the call wi...
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Prof. Michael Fuhrer @michaelsfuhrer.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Gather 'round Bluesky, while I tell the hoary tale of epidemic vs. endemic. How can it be that pandemic interventions that were vitally important in 2020 are marginally effective in 2025? Science will give us the answers! Follow me... 1/
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
A major paper @nature.com this week found a significant decline in dementia after an outdated Shingles vaccine. I've reviewed the study and many other relevant ones here erictopol.substack.com/p/the-shingl...
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The Shingles Vaccine and Reduction of Dementia
A compelling new study adds to the body of data supporting some protection provided by the vaccine
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Milieu Intérieur Consortium @milieuinterieur.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Amazing study showing protective effect of herpes zoster vaccination against dementia with interesting sex differences @sexdiffimmunity.bsky.social #vaccines work! #immunosky #medsky
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Tuure Kinnunen @tuurekinnunen.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Highly interesting study, which suggests that Shingles vaccine could reduce dementia risk in the elderly. Possible mechanistic explanations include the role of subclinical VZV reactivations causing neuroinflammation and/or the vaccine having a bystander effect to suppress neuroinflammation.
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Eliisa Kekäläinen @eliisakekalainen.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Remember: Finland is the happiest country.
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Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Check out our interactive timeline of some of the most devastating infectious diseases in history, alongside major advances in science and medicine that have helped control and prevent them. In English, Welsh, Gaelic, Irish, German and Spanish. 🦠🧫🔬💉 #CelebrateVaccines
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Timeline 'R' Us — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
Of superbugs and superheroes. Timeline 'R' Us – Explore devastating infections through the ages, alongside crucial scientific discoveries to help control them.
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Tuure Kinnunen @tuurekinnunen.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Extremely grateful to @sigridjuselius.bsky.social for continuing support of our research on the #immunology of #type1diabetes!
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openRxiv @openrxiv.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
openRxiv has arrived! We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent, researcher-led nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences. openrxiv.org/introducing-... #openRxiv #OpenScience #Preprints #bioRxiv #medRxiv
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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Big news: we are setting up a new non-profit organization to run bioRxiv and medRxiv. It's called openRxiv [no it's not a new preprint server; it's dedicated organization to oversee the servers] openrxiv.org 1/n
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Homepage - openRxiv
openRxiv is an independent non-profit, the new organizational home for bioRxiv and medRxiv, enabling researchers to instantly share groundbreaking findings with the global scientific community.
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Eliisa Kekäläinen @eliisakekalainen.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
And these cells are key features in imflammageing. Very cool.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Some learnings about our immune system from Covid @nature.com —importance of T cells (not just neutralizing antibodies) —key role of interferons, the first line of defense —hybrid immunity —underpinnings of Long Covid www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Four lessons COVID taught us about the immune system
In the midst of pandemic upheaval, researchers have gained fundamental insights about how the body fends off infections.
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Eliisa Kekäläinen @eliisakekalainen.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Another great episode on mythbusting the penicillin allergy! 🦠🧬🧪🧫 #Medsky #ImmunoSky open.spotify.com/episode/5D5q...
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617. Are You Really Allergic to Penicillin?
Freakonomics Radio · Episode
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Tuure Kinnunen @tuurekinnunen.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Starting my transition to the hopefully more rational side of the social media...
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