Putrino Lab

With some new followers on board, I wanted to take the time to re-introduce myself to the #LongCovid community (and everyone else). I’m David Putrino: Director of Rehab Innovation at @MountSinaiNYC, Associate Prof at @MountSinaiRehab for @IcahnMountSinai 1/

'STORM' is a short documentary about Scott Hugo. A story of Long COVID's impact on his life and family - a reminder of what is at stake in research on Long COVID. His resilience humbles me. Please watch and share 🙏🏼 youtu.be/rLtXh28Eejw

Our study enrolled 45 participants with LC and 45 age-sex-matched controls. Surveys and health questionnaires were used to collect symptom profiles. Note the intense levels of fatigue, pain, and other symptoms in our LC group (bottom half) throughout the days 😱 (2/)

Breaking: PolyBio-Supported Study Identifies Association between HHV-6 Reactivation and Long COVID Symptom Severity The collaborative study between the laboratory of Akiko Iwasaki at Yale University, and the Cohen Center for Recovery from Complex Chronic Illness at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, adds to growing evidence that chronic viral reactivation may contribute to the biological mechanisms underlying Long COVID. 1/

Is there an association between human herpesviruses (HHVs) reactivation and Long COVID? We analyzed HHV DNA shedding in saliva and found that HHV-6 correlates with Long COVID severity. Claire Laxton, @S_Tabachnikova, Lily Cooke, Kexin Wang et al. medrxiv.org/content/10.648… (1/)

with more precision and less guess work. Thanks to all who contributed to this important work 🙏🏻 /end

protocols and others don’t at all. Creating personalized solutions for millions of people living with complex chronic illness is crucial, as is validating the tools we need to identify people living with different subtypes so we can guide the right care to the right patients 6/

We have known for a while that #LongCOVID pathobiology for many involves reactivation of various herpesviruses. As we continue to validate this it is great to see this work coming out in collaboration with @VirusesImmunity’s incredible team. Here we medrxiv.org/content/10.648… 1/

Our long covid conference in Amsterdam @ISLCPAIS in August is attracting attention, with around 160 abstracts and session speakers, so far! You can still submit and register! Islc-pais.org for more information

@polybioRF The amazing @PutrinoLab shows a new MMT brain device improves multiple cognitive functioning domains! Even more promising, the scores continued to improve after the study's end! #LongCovid 2/

Follow along with the #polybiospringsymposium2026 in this thread👇🏻 11:00 am ET—Dr. Amy Proal kicked off this Spring symposium with an overview of PolyBio’s new commercialization network that will help translate Long COVID biomarkers from the lab & therapies from coordinated clinical trials into useful tools in the clinic. She also discussed how this commercialization infrastructure can be applied to other IACIs.

PolyBio’s Spring Symposium is tomorrow! Join us on Friday May 22 from 11 am-5 pm ET (3-9 pm UTC) for a full day of updates on PolyBio-supported research projects. Last chance to register! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Breaking: PolyBio Launches Commercialization Advisory Network to Accelerate Long COVID Diagnostics and Treatment PolyBio Research Foundation today announced the formal launch of its Commercialization Advisory Network, a new initiative designed to accelerate the translation of Long COVID and related chronic disease discoveries into clinical diagnostics and targeted treatments. polybio.org/polybio-launch…

Another step forward in bringing BCI technology into real-world clinical use. @IcahnMountSinai #Neurotechnology #BCI #endovascular #Stentrode #BrainComputerInterface

Everyday there is new research demonstrating how extraorndarily bad it is to be indefinitely reinfected by this virus.

Excited to be partnering with the Same You Foundation as we start an AMA about brain injury recovery. Follow “SameYouOrg” on instagram to watch!

Catch our special April #AMA with @PutrinoLab and pediatric #LongCOVID/#MECFS expert @surf4children on YouTube now: youtube.com/watch?v=F-y2vi…. Let us know in the replies what other experts you'd like to hear from as guest speakers!