Cindy L
@cuboidalhug.bsky.social
Infection Connections: How past microbial incursions can lead to neurodegenerative diseases
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Why acute infections can lead to neurodegeneration
Researchers are uncovering the mysteries of why early-in-life acute infections can lead to neurodegenerative diseases in later years.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Infection Connections: How past microbial incursions can lead to neurodegenerative diseases
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@polybiorf.bsky.social is holding their Fall Research symposium tomorrow (Fri Nov 14). Register here to attend virtually —https://polybio.org/fall-2025-symposium/
November 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
@polybiorf.bsky.social is holding their Fall Research symposium tomorrow (Fri Nov 14). Register here to attend virtually —https://polybio.org/fall-2025-symposium/
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With the RECOVER-NEURO clinical trial study results published today, looking forward to these RECOVER pathology studies planned for publication in 2026-2027
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
With the RECOVER-NEURO clinical trial study results published today, looking forward to these RECOVER pathology studies planned for publication in 2026-2027
Unsurprisingly, none of the “brain training interventions” tested in the RECOVER-NEURO Long Covid trial showed efficacy
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Interventions for Cognitive Symptoms in Long COVID
This randomized clinical trial investigates if evidence-based rehabilitation strategies improve cognitive symptoms in persons with long COVID.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Unsurprisingly, none of the “brain training interventions” tested in the RECOVER-NEURO Long Covid trial showed efficacy
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Hey everyone, I'm excited to share that AirFanta Wear is now live on air-fanta.com/products/air...
You'll find a thorough product breakdown and a detailed video I made explaining a lot of things about it. (1/3)
You'll find a thorough product breakdown and a detailed video I made explaining a lot of things about it. (1/3)
AirFanta Personal Wearable Laminar Air Purifier
The AirFanta Wear is a personal wearable air purifier. Worn around the neck, it delivers a stream of HEPA-filtered air directly to your breathing zone, creating a personal bubble of clean air. Third-p...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Hey everyone, I'm excited to share that AirFanta Wear is now live on air-fanta.com/products/air...
You'll find a thorough product breakdown and a detailed video I made explaining a lot of things about it. (1/3)
You'll find a thorough product breakdown and a detailed video I made explaining a lot of things about it. (1/3)
A nice article in Nature on how seemingly esoteric, basic science research has had an enormous impact on our lives… highlighting the importance of funding basic research whose practical applications are not yet readily apparent! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A nice article in Nature on how seemingly esoteric, basic science research has had an enormous impact on our lives… highlighting the importance of funding basic research whose practical applications are not yet readily apparent! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This is cool 🙂
Among the many problems with the flu is the fact that you can spread the virus before you even know you've got it.
Edible sensor warns of flu by tasting like thyme
Among the many problems with the flu is the fact that you can spread the virus before you even know you've got it. An experimental new "sensor" could one day keep you from doing so, by causing you to...
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October 2, 2025 at 12:20 AM
This is cool 🙂
Massachusetts Rebuffs RFK Jr. With Northeast Vaccine Accord
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MSN
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September 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Massachusetts Rebuffs RFK Jr. With Northeast Vaccine Accord
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UK: What if everyone had masked up? Analysis of app data has the answer:
"Respirators would have dropped the rate of COVID transmission by an estimated factor of 9, compared with 0.6 for surgical masks. A factor of 9 is enough to put SARS-COV-2 into exponential decay!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Respirators would have dropped the rate of COVID transmission by an estimated factor of 9, compared with 0.6 for surgical masks. A factor of 9 is enough to put SARS-COV-2 into exponential decay!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What if everyone had masked up? Analysis of app data has an answer
Modelling study based on almost 250,000 positive COVID-19 tests in the United Kingdom shows that universal masking could have cut transmission markedly.
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August 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
UK: What if everyone had masked up? Analysis of app data has the answer:
"Respirators would have dropped the rate of COVID transmission by an estimated factor of 9, compared with 0.6 for surgical masks. A factor of 9 is enough to put SARS-COV-2 into exponential decay!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Respirators would have dropped the rate of COVID transmission by an estimated factor of 9, compared with 0.6 for surgical masks. A factor of 9 is enough to put SARS-COV-2 into exponential decay!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Exclusive: CDC Director Susan Monarez met with its vaccine-focused center to talk about yesterday’s shooting. I listened to a recording. Scientists and officials are shaken & pointing fingers at RFK Jr. Many said his vilification and misinfo turned them into targets. www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...
A deadly shooting at the CDC shook its scientists. Now they want answers from RFK Jr.
CDC Director Susan Monarez convened an online all-hands meeting of the agency division that focuses on vaccines, and employees called out Kennedy’s rhetoric specifically.
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August 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Exclusive: CDC Director Susan Monarez met with its vaccine-focused center to talk about yesterday’s shooting. I listened to a recording. Scientists and officials are shaken & pointing fingers at RFK Jr. Many said his vilification and misinfo turned them into targets. www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...
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At his confirmation hearing, RFK Jr claimed he wouldn’t take away vaccines. So far he has:
Removed COVID vaccine recommendations
Fired the CDC’s vaccine committee
Replaced scientists with antivaxxers
Cancelled vaccine hesitancy research
Pulled $500m in mRNA vaccine research
Removed COVID vaccine recommendations
Fired the CDC’s vaccine committee
Replaced scientists with antivaxxers
Cancelled vaccine hesitancy research
Pulled $500m in mRNA vaccine research
August 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
At his confirmation hearing, RFK Jr claimed he wouldn’t take away vaccines. So far he has:
Removed COVID vaccine recommendations
Fired the CDC’s vaccine committee
Replaced scientists with antivaxxers
Cancelled vaccine hesitancy research
Pulled $500m in mRNA vaccine research
Removed COVID vaccine recommendations
Fired the CDC’s vaccine committee
Replaced scientists with antivaxxers
Cancelled vaccine hesitancy research
Pulled $500m in mRNA vaccine research
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Breaking news: The NIH yesterday moved to reinstate about 900 grants that a judge last week ruled had been canceled illegally because their topics, ranging from vaccine hesitancy or promoting diversity in the scientific workforce, had been blacklisted by the Trump administration. scim.ag/4lq9UrQ
NIH will reinstate 900 grants in response to court order
Projects touching on sensitive topics such as DEI had been illegally terminated, judge found
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June 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Breaking news: The NIH yesterday moved to reinstate about 900 grants that a judge last week ruled had been canceled illegally because their topics, ranging from vaccine hesitancy or promoting diversity in the scientific workforce, had been blacklisted by the Trump administration. scim.ag/4lq9UrQ
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The FDA has approved Novavax COVID19 shots for those aged 65 and older or those 12-64 with medical conditions that put them at higher risk for severe COVID19.
It doesn’t make sense to restrict it to ages 65 and up, but this is what happens when Congress confirms an anti-vaxxer to lead HHS.
It doesn’t make sense to restrict it to ages 65 and up, but this is what happens when Congress confirms an anti-vaxxer to lead HHS.
May 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The FDA has approved Novavax COVID19 shots for those aged 65 and older or those 12-64 with medical conditions that put them at higher risk for severe COVID19.
It doesn’t make sense to restrict it to ages 65 and up, but this is what happens when Congress confirms an anti-vaxxer to lead HHS.
It doesn’t make sense to restrict it to ages 65 and up, but this is what happens when Congress confirms an anti-vaxxer to lead HHS.
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PolyBio @polybiorf.bsky.social Spring Symposium:
Zoom seminar with 10 minute research updates from 33 researchers.
Friday, May 16, 1100 ET / 1500 UTC
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#longcovid #chronicillness #mecfs #lyme #cci
Zoom seminar with 10 minute research updates from 33 researchers.
Friday, May 16, 1100 ET / 1500 UTC
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Register:
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#longcovid #chronicillness #mecfs #lyme #cci
Spring 2025 Symposium Schedule - PolyBio Research Foundation
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May 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
PolyBio @polybiorf.bsky.social Spring Symposium:
Zoom seminar with 10 minute research updates from 33 researchers.
Friday, May 16, 1100 ET / 1500 UTC
polybio.org/spring-2025-...
Register:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#longcovid #chronicillness #mecfs #lyme #cci
Zoom seminar with 10 minute research updates from 33 researchers.
Friday, May 16, 1100 ET / 1500 UTC
polybio.org/spring-2025-...
Register:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#longcovid #chronicillness #mecfs #lyme #cci
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Time to catch up on the past week’s news about science and medicine in the US. Whew. 1/10
May 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Time to catch up on the past week’s news about science and medicine in the US. Whew. 1/10
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Akiko Iwasaki and Harlan Krumholz call for Long COVID and chronic disease research funding in the WSJ:
“Advancing this research is one of the most effective ways to improve the lives of the tens of millions of Americans with chronic diseases.”
www.wsj.com/opinion/how-...
“Advancing this research is one of the most effective ways to improve the lives of the tens of millions of Americans with chronic diseases.”
www.wsj.com/opinion/how-...
Opinion | How to Lead a Chronic Disease Revolution
Washington has an opportunity to help tens of millions.
www.wsj.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Akiko Iwasaki and Harlan Krumholz call for Long COVID and chronic disease research funding in the WSJ:
“Advancing this research is one of the most effective ways to improve the lives of the tens of millions of Americans with chronic diseases.”
www.wsj.com/opinion/how-...
“Advancing this research is one of the most effective ways to improve the lives of the tens of millions of Americans with chronic diseases.”
www.wsj.com/opinion/how-...
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New at Can We Still Govern: An anonymous NIH employee maps out the GOP budget gameplan to permanently gut our most important science agency.
Impoundment, delay and red tape will create artificial "savings" that become the new benchmark for NIH budgets.
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Impoundment, delay and red tape will create artificial "savings" that become the new benchmark for NIH budgets.
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The NIH budget is on a fast track to disaster
An NIH insider explains what Republicans are likely to do next, and what we can do
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April 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
New at Can We Still Govern: An anonymous NIH employee maps out the GOP budget gameplan to permanently gut our most important science agency.
Impoundment, delay and red tape will create artificial "savings" that become the new benchmark for NIH budgets.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nih-bu...
Impoundment, delay and red tape will create artificial "savings" that become the new benchmark for NIH budgets.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nih-bu...
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Kidney outcomes following COVID in children - from the NIH RECOVER initiative in @jama.com Network Open
Usual caveats jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#pedneph #NephSky
Usual caveats jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#pedneph #NephSky
April 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Kidney outcomes following COVID in children - from the NIH RECOVER initiative in @jama.com Network Open
Usual caveats jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#pedneph #NephSky
Usual caveats jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#pedneph #NephSky
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Another $2.6 billion in cuts to NIH are coming by next Tuesday
www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/n... The shredded image fits
www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/n... The shredded image fits
Trump administration orders NIH to eliminate $2.6 billion in federal contracts
At a chaotic time, the NIH is given a deadline of April 8 to make a 35% cut in services that may include specimen storage, genetic counseling, and administration.
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April 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Another $2.6 billion in cuts to NIH are coming by next Tuesday
www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/n... The shredded image fits
www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/n... The shredded image fits
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The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia - Nature
Using a natural experiment that avoids common bias concerns, this study finds that the live-attenuated shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis within a follow-up period of...
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April 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
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“A positive test for COVID-19 was associated with increased rates of diagnosis of various infections in the 12 months following an acute SARS-CoV-2 infection.” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Rates of infection with other pathogens after a positive COVID-19 test versus a negative test in US veterans (November, 2021, to December, 2023): a retrospective cohort study
Our results suggest that a positive test for COVID-19 (vs a negative test) was associated
with increased rates of diagnosis of various infections in the 12 months following
an acute SARS-CoV-2 infecti...
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April 2, 2025 at 10:31 AM
“A positive test for COVID-19 was associated with increased rates of diagnosis of various infections in the 12 months following an acute SARS-CoV-2 infection.” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Some very bad news:
New modelling predicts up to 10 million additional HIV infections following aid cuts www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
New modelling predicts up to 10 million additional HIV infections following aid cuts www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
March 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Some very bad news:
New modelling predicts up to 10 million additional HIV infections following aid cuts www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
New modelling predicts up to 10 million additional HIV infections following aid cuts www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
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Gearing up mRNA vaccines ("tolerogenic") to prevent autoimmune diseases, vital science that is currently under irrational and reckless attack
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Generation of tolerogenic antigen-presenting cells in vivo via the delivery of mRNA encoding PDL1 within lipid nanoparticles - Nature Biomedical Engineering
Therapeutic tolerogenic antigen-presenting cells can be generated in vivo by delivering, via lipid nanoparticles, mRNA coding for the inhibitory protein programmed death ligand 1, as shown in mouse mo...
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March 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Gearing up mRNA vaccines ("tolerogenic") to prevent autoimmune diseases, vital science that is currently under irrational and reckless attack
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...