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Amy Proal, PhD

@microbeminded2

Microbiologist at @polybioRF: studying how persistent pathogens drive inflammaging, mitochondrial dysfunction & cognitive decline #longcovid #lyme #alzheimers

Katılım Eylül 2017
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Amy Proal, PhD
Amy Proal, PhD@microbeminded2·
Hey! If you’re in Boston check out my talk this Tues at @LongevityGL Aging Code Summit I’ll overview mechanisms by which persistent infections can accelerate human aging processes. This includes how viruses, parasites & other pathogens directly hijack our mitochondrial activity
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PolyBio@polybioRF·
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.
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Amy Proal, PhD@microbeminded2·
Yes I am excited! Some of the updates on our Long COVID and related chronic illness projects will be truly interesting. See you tomorrow! PS: There is a Q&A at the end of each hour so get your questions ready
PolyBio@polybioRF

Excited for PolyBio’s upcoming Spring symposium on Friday, May 22? Here’s the full program of presenters you’ll hear from! From novel platforms of detection for SARS-CoV-2 & herpesviruses implicated in Long COVID, to updates on clinical trials & the Long COVID Cure Initiative, this scientific symposium has a presentation lineup you won’t want to miss. 🧵 polybio.org/2026-spring-sy…

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Amy Proal, PhD@microbeminded2·
So let's go! We've put out a lot of papers and changed the field, but people are still sick. Let's get all of these scientific advances out of academic labs and into patients' lives.
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Amy Proal, PhD@microbeminded2·
12/ This is the systems-level approach that transformed HIV from fatal to manageable - and it's now being built for Long COVID
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Amy Proal, PhD@microbeminded2·
This is an incredible $10M donation to our PolyBio Long COVID Cure Initiative (LCCI) Program. Funds are from the Park-Pagliuca Fund: a philanthropic collaboration between the families of Todd Park & Steve Pagliuca, each of whom have family members impacted by Long COVID
PolyBio@polybioRF

Breaking: Park-Pagliuca Fund Donates $10 Million to PolyBio Long COVID Cure Initiative PolyBio Research Foundation today announced a $10M donation to support the Long COVID Cure Initiative (LCCI), a program designed to deliver treatments to millions of Long COVID patients by translating key academic findings into real-world diagnostic tests, faster and more targeted clinical trials, and accessible, patient-ready therapies.  prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

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Resia Pretorius
Resia Pretorius@resiapretorius·
This is great news! Now we need to show that these accumulations are amyloid in nature.
PolyBio@polybioRF

Dr. David Izquierdo and his team developed the novel radiotracer [64Cu]-FBP8 that can identify fibrin accumulation in the lung, brain and heart tissue of Long COVID patients when visualized with PET. “Now the question is; can we [use this technology] with patients that have symptoms, but don’t have any clinical evidence,” said Izquierdo. “What we’re trying to do here is determine if Long COVID has a signal that we can measure, quantify and detect in vivo, noninvasively.”

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manning@manninglawrence·
@microbeminded2 @drseanmullen @DebHolloway @DrBobRedfield51 We know you are one of the leaders in this space. But understand people are dieing/suffering. It is an emergency. We need nasal sprays to clear infections inside the BBB for Covid, HHV, CBV, EBV. Pfizer is 6 yrs into and Paxlovid has little BBB penetration. Crank up Anktiva
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Dr. Sean Mullen
Dr. Sean Mullen@drseanmullen·
We may be ignoring a reversible driver of Long COVID: 👉 Platelet dysfunction 👉 Viral persistence signals 👉 Modifiable via TRAP pathways We need ~$150K to test it. Call it the UNTRAP Study. cc: @DrBobRedfield51 — this is actionable persistence science. Who’s in?
Dara in Chains@DarainChains

A rare video (I am desperate) but I really need you all to hear me. I want you all to know it brings me zero pleasure to have to keep repeating myself but I do it for the ignorant people who don't understand why this is happening. Please get your sh*t together in #LongCovid research. If I am dealing with these vascular emergencies so are the kids. They deserve prevention tests and treatments NOW!

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Andrew Steele
Andrew Steele@statto·
Something I believe but can’t prove definitively: cumulative burden of infections is one thing that drives aging, and one day we’ll regret how casually we treated viruses and bacteria.
Agingdoc🩺Dr David Barzilai🔔MD PhD MS MBA DipABLM@agingdoc1

Risk of Alzheimer Dementia After High-Dose vs Standard-Dose Influenza Vaccination🤔 🔎"High-dose influenza vaccination is associated with reduced AD risk compared with standard-dose vaccination in adults ≥65 years, with a stronger effect among women." neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WN…

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