Jessflur - Jessy

Face details from William Adolphe Bouguereau’s paintings, every single one of them are a unique example of immortality through art.

OFF WITH HER HEAD

@ Marvel

LET KAREN LIVE YOU FUCKING COWARDS

Allégorie de la Nuit, 1874. Charles Chaplin (French, 1825–1891). 

‘Bereginya’ by Andrei Shishkin.

Bereginya (Russian: Берегиня) is an east slavic tutelary deity.

This virus actually may boost -- not weaken -- our immune system

Lifelong cytomegalovirus infection may be beneficial, boosting the immune system in old age, when we need it most, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Our immune system is at its peak when we’re young, but after a certain age, it declines and it becomes more difficult for our bodies to fight off new infections.

“That’s why older people are more susceptible to infections than younger people,” explains Janko Nikolich-Zugich, MD, PhD, co-director or the University of Arizona Center on Aging and chairman of the Department of Immunobiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson.

In search of a way to rejuvenate the immune system of older adults, Dr. Nikolich-Zugich and Megan Smithey, PhD, have found that one particular virus may not weaken, but actually enhance our immune system. Their findings are published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Musician Angel (Putto Playing the Lute), Rosso Fiorentino, 1518

kill me, pete

To all my microbiology studiers out there. I found this video when I was studying for the virology block of my micro class, and this + sketchy micro was an absolute GODSEND. If you’re struggling with remembering the structures and families of the viruses or prefer flow charts over big tables, CHECK THIS DUDE OUT. I could listen to him talk viruses to me all day. 

Here’s a look at how I implemented it into my First Aid (pages 148, 150).

Hope someone finds this helpful!

Details of The Roses of Heliogabalus, 1888, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912)

If only it was that easy lmao but discorse is the first step to progress.