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Rui Soares🔬☣️

@rsoares

Immunologist PhD. Biomedical Researcher. Microbiology and Immunology

 Portugal
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Joined February 2008
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Eric Feigl-Ding
@DrEricDing25 Nov 2021
⚠️“DOMINANT”… a new variant is worrying epidemiologists—called #B11529–it has just “becoming dominant” in South Africa, displacing even #DeltaVariant (HT @MoshabelaMosa). And our other variant #C12 also growing. B11529 has an “awful spike profile” says @PeacockFlu. 🧵 #COVID19
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Tulio de Oliveira
@Tuliodna25 Nov 2021
This new variant, B.1.1.529 seems to spread very quick! In less than 2 weeks now dominates all infections following a devastating Delta wave in South Africa (Blue new variant, now at 75% of last genomes and soon to reach 100%)
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New Scientist
@newscientist12 Nov 2021
Mice with spinal cord injuries recovered the ability to walk after being injected with a gel that stimulates nerve regeneration bit.ly/3qBYQ1P
Spinal cord injury: Gel treatment allows paralysed mice to walk again | New Scientist

Spinal cord injury: Gel treatment allows paralysed mice to walk again | New Scientist

A self-assembling gel that stimulates nerve regeneration has shown promise as a treatment for paralysis in mice

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The New York Times
@nytimes6 Oct 2021
Breaking News: The WHO approved the first ever malaria vaccine, which could save tens of thousands of children in sub-Saharan Africa. The quest for this vaccine has been underway for a hundred years, a WHO official said, and is a "historic event." nyti.ms/3oxUgAy
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Minor correction but the WHO didn’t “approve” the vaccine — they “recommend” it. The WHO doesn’t have authority to approve vaccines. who.int/news/item/06-1… Phase 3 results of this vaccine were first published and the vaccine was approved by EMA in 2015.
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Eric Feigl-Ding
@DrEricDing30 Aug 2021
🦠NEW VARIANT—a new #SARSCoV2 variant C.1.2 just identified in South Africa & several countries, with concerns it could be more infectious and evade vaccines. #C12 also has mutation rate that is nearly **twice as fast** as the rate of the other variants.🧵 jpost.com/health-science/new…
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Eric Topol
@EricTopol22 Aug 2021
The mRNA vaccine story was by no means fast. Both it and lipid nanoparticles for its delivery took several decades nature.com/articles/s41578-0…
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Reuters Health
@Reuters_Health28 Jul 2021
AstraZeneca's (AZN.L) COVID-19 shot did not increase the instances of rare blood clots with low platelets in people after the second dose, a study showed on Wednesday, potentially easing some worries over the vaccine's side-effects. reuters.com/business/healthc…

AstraZeneca finds small clot risk after 1st COVID shot, less after 2nd

AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine carries a small extra risk of rare blood clots with low platelets after the first dose and no extra risk after the second, a study led and funded by the drugmaker...

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Eric Feigl-Ding
@DrEricDing26 Jul 2021
🎼How many kids must be hospital-ized— before we call @BorisJohnson insane? 🎼Tell me how many kids must be scarred for life, before @sajidjavid is forever banned? ➡️The answer my friend, is way too damn many, way to damn late, the answer is way too sad. Figure @jneill #COVID19
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SuGarBar@su_gar_bar16 Jul 2021
Elucidativo
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Reuters Health
@Reuters_Health26 Jun 2021
Booster may be needed for J&J shot as Delta variant spreads, some experts already taking them reuters.com/business/healthc…

Booster may be needed for J&J shot as Delta variant spreads, some experts already taking them

Infectious disease experts are weighing the need for booster shots of the Pfizer/BioNTech (PFE.N), or Moderna (MRNA.O) mRNA-based vaccines for Americans who received Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ.N)...

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Eric Topol
@EricTopol29 Jan 2021
Notable, immunosenescence and 2 doses
Gupta Lab (@GuptaR_lab) profile pictureGupta Lab@GuptaR_lab29 Jan 2021
Following on from the first dose Pfizer data below where 7/15 participants above the age of 80 did not achieve neutralisation of virus, we report that all 15 have achieved neutralisation 3 weeks after second dose.
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The Washington Post
@washingtonpost27 Jan 2021
Opinion: Everyone should be wearing N95 masks now wapo.st/3sSEeRo
Opinion | Everyone should be wearing N95 masks now

Opinion | Everyone should be wearing N95 masks now

With better masks, essential workers could have hospital-grade protections. What's stopping us?

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Novos dados sobre a incidência da variante inglesa (#B117) em Portugal mostram uma subida desde 3,2% até 13,3% em apenas 2 semanas.
Diogo Simão Lemos (@diogosimaolemos) profile pictureDiogo Simão Lemos@diogosimaolemos20 Jan 2021
Importante estudo (preprint), em parceria entre @irj_pt e a Unilabs, sobre a variante #B117 (do UK) em Portugal. Conclusões: • Subida dos casos #B117 desde <1% do total de casos no início de Dezembro para 13,3% no final da semana passada (15 Jan). 1/3
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Financial Times
@FinancialTimes9 Nov 2020
⚡️ “Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine found to be 90% effective” teapaw.org/i/moments/132577810384…
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Eric Feigl-Ding
@DrEricDing23 Jun 2020
Recent study: Levels of an antibody found in recovered #COVID19 patients fell sharply in 2-3 months after infection for both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients, raising questions about the length of any immunity against the novel coronavirus. 🧵 reuters.com/article/us-healt…
Antibody levels in recovered COVID-19 patients decline quickly: research

Antibody levels in recovered COVID-19 patients decline quickly: research

Levels of an antibody found in recovered COVID-19 patients fell sharply in 2-3 months after infection for both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients, according to a Chinese study, raising questions...

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Isaac Bogoch@BogochIsaac13 May 2020
Cats and #COVID19. They can transmit the virus to each other, as seen in this study - and in tigers in Bronx zoo. How efficiently can they transmit the virus to humans? Unclear. Ugh...we need a vaccine pronto. bit.ly/2YZ2zZd
Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Domestic Cats | NEJM

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Domestic Cats | NEJM

SARS-CoV-2 was detected in three cats after they were cohoused with cats that had been experimentally inoculated with the virus. Cats may be a silent intermediate host of SARS-CoV-2.

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zeynep tufekci
@zeynep13 May 2020
Today both France and Spain (two badly hit countries) have come out with seroprevalence numbers. (France is a model, paper linked below. Spain was representative sample/survey of 60K; I don't have the paper yet). Both are ~5 percent. If that holds up, that is very very bad news.
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David Sinclair
@davidasinclair8 May 2020
Feng Zheng @MIT is a national treasure. His lab’s new CRISPR-based rapid #coronavirus test could be done at home for $45. (In the middle of this he also found time to graduate my PhD student @YuanchengLu 🙏)
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Nature Portfolio (@NaturePortfolio) profile pictureNature Portfolio
@NaturePortfolio8 May 2020
A test that uses a CRISPR gene-editing system can detect the new coronavirus in an hour, without the need for specialized equipment or trained personnel. See the latest #COVID19 research news here. go.nature.com/2QZlT3T
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Discover Magazine
@DiscoverMag7 May 2020
The idea that the body stops working after we die doesn’t take into account how weird our bodies actually are. pst.cr/1YVE9
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🚨US scientists say a new #coronavirus strain emerged in March and now dominates worldwide. The mutant (spike protein #D614G) appears to be *more contagious* than versions that spread early in the #CoronavirusPandemic and may bypass immunity to 1st strain. latimes.com/california/story…
Scientists say a now-dominant strain of the coronavirus could be more contagious than original

Scientists say a now-dominant strain of the coronavirus could be more contagious than original

A mutation in the novel coronavirus has led to a new strain viewed as more contagious than the virus that emerged from China, according to a new study.

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