The 4th shot is already underway in the UK. Meanwhile, millions of Americans of advanced age are well past 6 months from getting their 3rd shot, with substantial waning of protection, with no plan yet. /1
Reduction in neutralizing antibodies after mRNA vaccines at 5 months /2 nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
In older adults, waning of neutralizing antibodies faster after Omicron than Delta
"In the absence of omicron variant-specific vaccines, booster immunizations are crucial to restore
vaccine effectiveness against severe outcomes." /4 thelancet.com/journals/lanin…
"The [neutralizing antibody] response against Omicron declined 6.3-fold over the same 6-month time frame after the boost." @NatureMedicine /5 nature.com/articles/s4159…
CDC report on waning of 3rd dose vaccine effectiveness vs emergency department and urgent care encounters, age 18+, from 87% < 2 months to 31% > 5 months /6 cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…
Israel started giving a 4th dose to people age 60+ in December and reported short-term benefit of 4-fold protection vs Omicron severe illness /7 medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
More data on durability of protection will be available soon
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As I wrote in SUPER AGERS, the immune system is the key to modulating our aging process and the opportunity to extend healthspan. Today @NatureAging 7 new articles, summarized here, that reinforce its central role nature.com/articles/s4358…
The new special issue @ScienceMagazine features Immunity with 4 outstanding review papers, 5★
Our immune system over the lifespan, sex differences, influence on physiology, and host antiviral defenses science.org/toc/science/cu…
We've learned a lot more about the principal drivers of age-related diseases in the past few weeks. And that leads to a unified model to pull it all together. (open-access)
I review 4 new reports, summarized here: 1. The proteins from senescent cells predict age-related clinical outcomes 2. A new epigenetic age clock connects the dots between aging, the immune system, inflammation and lifestyle factors 3. People with a fast pace of aging had an increased risk of cognitive impairment, age-related diseases, disability, and mortality 4. The Importance of “Immune Resilience” for Healthspan
And present a unified I/I model for what we now know
Most people haven’t heard of this test, which is available in the US. It accurately predicts Alzheimer’s (not just if there’s a risk, but when). It is favorably affected by exercise and likely many other lifestyle factors.
Here’s (almost) everything we know about it. In Ground Truths (link in my profile d/t X-suppression)
A major @Nature paper this week found a significant decline in dementia after an outdated Shingles vaccine.
I've reviewed the study and many other relevant ones in a new Ground Truths (link in profile)
A Table from the post
The effect in the 2 natural experiments differed substantially by sex with the benefit predominant in women
The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence
"implications are profound"
New @Nature nature.com/articles/s4158… nature.com/articles/d4158…