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TomL
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Biologist, Clinical Researcher : PAIS/IACC, Interventional cardiology, Oncohematology
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We’re truly excited that the PolyBio supported Low-dose Rapamycin trial is now recruiting in the NYC area.

Interested in learning more? Here’s the full study summary: polybio.org/projects/lon...
April 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Cette semaine notre association a eu le plaisir de rencontrer à Paris Dr David Putrino, professeur à Mount Sinai (NY) et expert international du #CovidLong.

Nous étions accompagnés d'Isabelle et Alexandre de Association Covid Long Enfants

Une rencontre riche et motivante ! 🧵
June 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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New PLRC-funded work out from Rob Wust & team!

Skeletal muscles in #LongCovid and ME *differ* from skeletal muscles induced by bedrest.

LC and ME is not deconditioning! 1/
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Skeletal muscle properties in long COVID and ME/CFS differ from those induced by bed rest
Patients with long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) suffer from a reduced exercise capacity, skeletal muscle abnormalities and post-exertional malaise (PEM), where...
www.medrxiv.org
May 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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If you’ve had ME/CFS since before 2020 and can come into Manhattan for testing, this Cornell study is paying participants $300. It involves survey forms, blood draws, a urine sample, an EndoPAT, grip strength test, and a muscle biopsy. I am participating. neuroimmune.cornell.edu/wp-content/u...
neuroimmune.cornell.edu
March 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Hey guys, we’ve now created a Google Doc for the #LongCovid Light Up Challenge.

We hope this makes it easier for people to follow and share to other platforms.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Long Covid Challenge
docs.google.com
February 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Chronic illness & disability community: I’ll be a panelist at a NASEM workshop on public access to federally-funded research results & Id love to hear ur thoughts on:

What are barriers to accessing & understanding research results?
What are implications of barriers?
What does true access look like?
November 21, 2023 at 12:11 AM
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Reproducibility trial: 246 biologists get different results from same data sets
Wide distribution of findings shows how analytical choices drive conclusions.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reproducibility trial: 246 biologists get different results from same data sets
Wide distribution of findings shows how analytical choices drive conclusions. Wide distribution of findings shows how analytical choices drive conclusions.
www.nature.com
October 17, 2023 at 6:02 AM
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So weird how as soon as the pandemic started it became very immediately clear that things like socialized medicine and giving people money so children don’t starve actually work really well but now that it’s been a couple years we have to all pretend we didn’t notice that
October 17, 2023 at 1:03 PM
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The most comprehensive lab assessment of #LongCovid including the immune system, cortisol, other viral pathogens (such as EBV), & proteins differentiates those affected (aligned w/ self-reported symptoms) with very high (96%) accuracy 🧪
nature.com/articles/s41...
September 25, 2023 at 3:25 PM