PoweringPrecisionHealth

Follow @inspirethemind_ for very interesting blogs on mental health, its effects on the brain & the body, and the #science behind it. Here, I discuss the advancements in #blood #biomarker for #dementia and what it means now there is an approved drug for #Alzheimer's disease

An @Inserm study of 50 #COVID19 patients identified impaired type I interferon response and exacerbated inflammation as hallmarks of severe disease. It may be treatable with a combined therapeutic approach, the authors say. fcld.ly/9jssnv6

Researchers and clinicians in the UK are teaming up to measure #cytokines and other #biomarkers in an effort to predict #COVID19 disease severity and determine the most effective use of biomarker blood testing. #biomarkersrock Read more: bit.ly/3eaOufP

Emergent Ventures announces $10 million in grants to reward innovative ideas for combating the COVID-19 outbreak. merct.us/2y2rDD9

So great to see our webinar panelist, Ya-Chi Ho quoted in this @WSJ article. The fine balance between an appropriate inflammation & cytokine levels vs hyper-inflammation & detrimental cytokine surge is critical to understand severe COVID-19 #cytokinestorm on.wsj.com/3e48ph8

Why do some younger patients get hit so hard by coronavirus? A "cytokine storm" from their own immune systems might be the reason. nyti.ms/2xIRy2U

From depression to dementia, inflammation is medicine’s new frontier | Edward Bullmore theguardian.com/commentisfree/…