HEALTH UPDATE: It has officially been one year since I contracted Covid-19 while on set for my movie that I’ve been working on. I was once a very healthy 31-year old man, but now every day is a struggle for me. A THREAD... 🧵

Tim Hendrich's team is using multimodal PET imaging to measure T cell activation post-COVID: "We saw significant increases in activated T-cell signalling in [the brain stem and spinal cord], that shouldn't have activated T-cells in them."

Daily Mail: 'Orange Is The New Black star Matt McGorry details how long COVID has 'massively impacted' his life' "...star Matt McGorry revealed how contracting long COVID has changed his life in a vulnerable video, uploaded to Instagram" dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/arti…

SARS-CoV-2 is a neurotropic virus that may cause long-term neurological symptoms by damaging the limbic system. This research shows that COVID-19 can impair emotion recognition, memory, and olfactory abilities, with altered brain connectivity patterns. academic.oup.com/braincomms/art…

Get ready for our Fall 2024 Symposium—it’s less than a week away! It’s an excellent opportunity to learn about innovative studies our scientists are doing on #LongCovid #MECFS and #Lyme+. polybio.org/fall-2024-symp…

Happy to share our latest work by Yexin Yang et al. on antibody-mediated control of endogenous retroviruses in mice. In the process, we found “natural antibodies” with broad reactivity against enveloped viruses. Here is how “panviral” antibodies work 🧵(1/) science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

SARS COV-2 INFECTS AND PERSISTS INSIDE THE BACTERIA OF THE HUMAN INTESTINAL MICROBIOME IT REMAINED LATENT FOR A LONG TIME SO IT CONSTITUTES A RESERVOIR THIS FINDING SUPPORTS OUR PROTOCOLS WITH RIFAXIMINE & NIFUROXAZIDE FOR ACUTE & CHRONIC COVID: LONG COVID pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39464247/

Check it out: our new PolyBio interactive website module features and original artwork for each of the projects we’ve helped to conceptualize & support. To access the project artworks, click the grid icon at the top left-hand corner of the module. polybio.org/consortium-pro…

Excited to share this Science Translational Medicine viewpoint with Maureen Hanson on why #LongCOVID #MECFS and other infection-associated chronic conditions should be studied together as part of a coordinated research agenda. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Want a replay of the action at PolyBio’s Fall 2024 Symposium? Watch all of the #LongCovid & #MECFS project updates at our website. To watch your favourite scientist present, just click on their respective slide. polybio.org/fall-2024-symp…

It’s about ⏰ we figure out WHY women are disproportionately and more severely affected by #LONGCOVID #MECFS #POTS #MIGRAINE #SJOGRENS #EDS #MCAS #CHRONICPAIN #FIBROMYALGIA #ENDOMETRIOSIS #FOODALLERGY #IBS

We are honored to add Francis Brenner to our PolyBio Board of Directors. Francis is strongly motivated to innovate #research and care for patients with complex chronic #illness. He will help PolyBio continue to grow our operations and collaborative infrastructure.

Actor Sophia Bush thought she was going to die due to scary #LongCOVID Symptoms. The One Tree Hill alum posted a personal message on her Instagram Story about the importance of wearing a mask & following public health guidelines during this ongoing pandemic. #pwLC 🧵🧵🧵

1/ Over the past 2 years PolyBio has raised and distributed more than $35M in funding. This is supporting dozens of Long COVID, ME/CFS and Lyme+ projects and trials. But there is so much more to do.

In this first of the 2 part series of BBC Science in Action - 5 years of COVID, I discuss the importance of studying the immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 and mucosal vaccines with Roland Pease. With Marion Koopmans, publications: https://pure.eur.nl Christian Drosten David Hayman and others 👇🏼 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

Researchers at UCSF and Gladstone Institutes (hundreds of molecules tested) developed AVI-4516, a potent drug for COVID-19. It reduces virus levels a million-fold in mice after 3 doses and works against all tested variants better than Paxlovid. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Brain Inflammation Collaborative Also #LongCovid doesn’t need to include #ME for unrefreshing sleep My LC is #POTS #MCAS combo and unrefreshing sleep, insomnia and circadian inversion are my most debilitating Sx Turns out it’s MCAS => sympathetic overactivity => autonomic hypervigilance => unrefreshing sleep

Brazilian researchers tested an intranasal liposomal remdesivir (LRDV) on SARS-CoV-2-infected mice. The treatment fully cleared the virus from the lungs and brain, prevented inflammation, and ensured 100% survival, outperforming injected remdesivir. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…