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BREAKING 🧵 A gut bacterium is showing up — or rather disappearing — across all three phases of COVID-19. Severely ill patients have less of it. Recovered patients get it back. Long COVID patients don't. Its name is Faecalibacterium prausnitzii. And what it does explains a lot. 👇

BREAKING 🧵 A gut bacterium is showing up — or rather disappearing — across all three phases of COVID-19. Severely ill patients have less of it. Recovered patients get it back. Long COVID patients don't. Its name is Faecalibacterium prausnitzii. And what it does explains a lot. 👇

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🚨 BREAKING Scientists may have just cracked the code on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's — WITH ONE PILL. A drug called Buntanetap was just published in a peer-reviewed journal with Phase 3 data. Phase 3 means that we are on the verge of FDA approval. It targets the ROOT CAUSE of both diseases simultaneously. Here's what you need to know 🧵👇 #Alzheimers #Parkinsons

🚨 BREAKING Scientists may have just cracked the code on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's — WITH ONE PILL. A drug called Buntanetap was just published in a peer-reviewed journal with Phase 3 data. Phase 3 means that we are on the verge of FDA approval. It targets the ROOT CAUSE of both diseases simultaneously. Here's what you need to know 🧵👇 #Alzheimers #Parkinsons

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🚨 BREAKING Scientists just gave 15 people a single IV drip. No daily pills. No monthly injections. One time. Done. Their "bad" cholesterol dropped 50%. Triglycerides dropped 55%. And it may be PERMANENT. This is CRISPR — and it just changed cardiology forever. 🧵

🚨 BREAKING Scientists just gave 15 people a single IV drip. No daily pills. No monthly injections. One time. Done. Their "bad" cholesterol dropped 50%. Triglycerides dropped 55%. And it may be PERMANENT. This is CRISPR — and it just changed cardiology forever. 🧵

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🚨 BREAKING: Scientists just found a SPECIFIC sugar molecule made by gut bacteria that appears to TRIGGER ALS and dementia. 70% of ALS/FTD patients had it. Only 33% of healthy people did. And they found a way to STOP it. 🧵

🚨 BREAKING: Scientists just found a SPECIFIC sugar molecule made by gut bacteria that appears to TRIGGER ALS and dementia. 70% of ALS/FTD patients had it. Only 33% of healthy people did. And they found a way to STOP it. 🧵

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🚨 BREAKING: German researchers treated 15 severe lupus patients with CAR-T therapy. All 15 went into complete remission. Many stopped ALL medication. Now a larger trial just confirmed it — across 3 autoimmune diseases. This might be the biggest shift in autoimmune medicine in decades. 🧵

🚨 BREAKING: German researchers treated 15 severe lupus patients with CAR-T therapy. All 15 went into complete remission. Many stopped ALL medication. Now a larger trial just confirmed it — across 3 autoimmune diseases. This might be the biggest shift in autoimmune medicine in decades. 🧵

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BREAKING: Ozempic / Wegovy linked to ~30% lower breast cancer risk in 111,000 women (new Penn Medicine study at ASCO 2026). Even bigger: Women already diagnosed with breast cancer who took GLP-1s were 50% less likely to progress to Stage 4 (Cleveland Clinic data). Prevention + slowed progression. Here's what the studies actually show — and the caveats. 🧵 #GLP1 #Ozempic #Wegovy #BreastCancer #ASCO2026

BREAKING: Ozempic / Wegovy linked to ~30% lower breast cancer risk in 111,000 women (new Penn Medicine study at ASCO 2026). Even bigger: Women already diagnosed with breast cancer who took GLP-1s were 50% less likely to progress to Stage 4 (Cleveland Clinic data). Prevention + slowed progression. Here's what the studies actually show — and the caveats. 🧵 #GLP1 #Ozempic #Wegovy #BreastCancer #ASCO2026

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BREAKING: For the first time in 100+ years, Alzheimer's may not be permanent Scientists just reversed advanced Alzheimer's in mice by restoring brain energy balance, eliminating both plaques AND cognitive decline The drug worked in two different animal models, suggesting "this could translate to humans". Game-changing 🧠

BREAKING: For the first time in 100+ years, Alzheimer's may not be permanent Scientists just reversed advanced Alzheimer's in mice by restoring brain energy balance, eliminating both plaques AND cognitive decline The drug worked in two different animal models, suggesting "this could translate to humans". Game-changing 🧠

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BREAKING: The FDA approved a cancer drug in 2024 that doesn't use chemotherapy. Instead, it powers up the immune cells you were BORN with. In trials, 62% of patients had all detectable cancer disappear completely. This is not hype. Here's what it actually is — and why it doesn't stop with cancer. 🧵

BREAKING: The FDA approved a cancer drug in 2024 that doesn't use chemotherapy. Instead, it powers up the immune cells you were BORN with. In trials, 62% of patients had all detectable cancer disappear completely. This is not hype. Here's what it actually is — and why it doesn't stop with cancer. 🧵

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BREAKING: Scientists just injected a Parkinson's patient with neurons grown from their OWN skin cells. No immune drugs. No donor. No rejection. 12 months later — the cells are ALIVE, producing dopamine, and patients are moving better. This is a thread you need to read 🧵👇 🔗 SOURCE: Aspen Neuroscience Press Release — March 18, 2026

BREAKING: Scientists just injected a Parkinson's patient with neurons grown from their OWN skin cells. No immune drugs. No donor. No rejection. 12 months later — the cells are ALIVE, producing dopamine, and patients are moving better. This is a thread you need to read 🧵👇 🔗 SOURCE: Aspen Neuroscience Press Release — March 18, 2026

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🚨 BREAKING: A personalized cancer vaccine just delivered its strongest results yet. After 5 years, melanoma patients had a 49% lower risk of cancer returning or causing death. Now doctors are testing it on lung cancer, kidney cancer, and more. Thread 👇 #ASCO2026 #Melanoma #MedTwitter #CancerVaccine

🚨 BREAKING: A personalized cancer vaccine just delivered its strongest results yet. After 5 years, melanoma patients had a 49% lower risk of cancer returning or causing death. Now doctors are testing it on lung cancer, kidney cancer, and more. Thread 👇 #ASCO2026 #Melanoma #MedTwitter #CancerVaccine

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Hook 🚨BREAKING: German researchers treated 15 severe lupus patients with CAR-T therapy. All 15 went into complete remission. Many stopped ALL medication. This might be the biggest shift in autoimmune medicine in decades. 🧵

Hook 🚨BREAKING: German researchers treated 15 severe lupus patients with CAR-T therapy. All 15 went into complete remission. Many stopped ALL medication. This might be the biggest shift in autoimmune medicine in decades. 🧵

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BREAKING: Researchers are shining near-infrared light through people's skulls — and it's showing real signals in Alzheimer's brain scans. Not a gadget. Not wellness. Peer-reviewed trials at NYU, Harvard, and a major French multicenter study are now enrolling. Here's what science actually says — and what it doesn't. 🧵

BREAKING: Researchers are shining near-infrared light through people's skulls — and it's showing real signals in Alzheimer's brain scans. Not a gadget. Not wellness. Peer-reviewed trials at NYU, Harvard, and a major French multicenter study are now enrolling. Here's what science actually says — and what it doesn't. 🧵

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BREAKING: An AI just designed a drug that restored motor function in Parkinson's disease models. The FDA cleared it for human trials in January 2026. This is not sci-fi. This is happening NOW. Thread 🧵👇 #Parkinsons #AIinMedicine #NLRP3

BREAKING: An AI just designed a drug that restored motor function in Parkinson's disease models. The FDA cleared it for human trials in January 2026. This is not sci-fi. This is happening NOW. Thread 🧵👇 #Parkinsons #AIinMedicine #NLRP3

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🚨 BREAKING: Scientists found a protein in your brain that protects against Alzheimer's AND Parkinson's — and almost nobody knows it exists. It's called BDNF. What you do every day is either destroying it or building it. But … The era of BDNF clinical trials and therapy has also begun. This thread could change how you think about your brain. 🧵👇

🚨 BREAKING: Scientists found a protein in your brain that protects against Alzheimer's AND Parkinson's — and almost nobody knows it exists. It's called BDNF. What you do every day is either destroying it or building it. But … The era of BDNF clinical trials and therapy has also begun. This thread could change how you think about your brain. 🧵👇

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BREAKING: 19 hours after a single high-dose psilocybin session, an 80-year-old woman with advanced Alzheimer’s who hadn’t spoken fluidly in 5 years started talking about her life for 4 straight hours. She hadn't spoken a fluid sentence in 5 years. This just-published case report is extraordinary — and heavily caveated. Here's what actually happened. Hype vs the real science.🧵 #Alzheimers #Neuroscience #Psilocybin #Neuroplasticity

BREAKING: 19 hours after a single high-dose psilocybin session, an 80-year-old woman with advanced Alzheimer’s who hadn’t spoken fluidly in 5 years started talking about her life for 4 straight hours. She hadn't spoken a fluid sentence in 5 years. This just-published case report is extraordinary — and heavily caveated. Here's what actually happened. Hype vs the real science.🧵 #Alzheimers #Neuroscience #Psilocybin #Neuroplasticity

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BREAKING: For the first time in 100+ years, Alzheimer's may not be permanent Scientists just reversed advanced Alzheimer's in mice by restoring brain energy balance, eliminating both plaques AND cognitive decline The drug worked in two different animal models, suggesting "this could translate to humans". Game-changing!!

BREAKING: For the first time in 100+ years, Alzheimer's may not be permanent Scientists just reversed advanced Alzheimer's in mice by restoring brain energy balance, eliminating both plaques AND cognitive decline The drug worked in two different animal models, suggesting "this could translate to humans". Game-changing!!

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BREAKING: A new study published yesterday, July 1st, 2026, in Nature Medicine adds a powerful new tool to the Alzheimer's early-detection toolkit. And it's forcing us to rethink what Alzheimer's "risk" even means. Here's what changed, and why your family history isn't the whole story. 🧵👇 #Alzheimers #Biomarkers

BREAKING: A new study published yesterday, July 1st, 2026, in Nature Medicine adds a powerful new tool to the Alzheimer's early-detection toolkit. And it's forcing us to rethink what Alzheimer's "risk" even means. Here's what changed, and why your family history isn't the whole story. 🧵👇 #Alzheimers #Biomarkers

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BREAKING: Scientists just transferred "immune memory" between humans to kill a cancer that gives patients 3 weeks to live. This is tabelecleucel — and it just hit a 50% response rate where nothing else works. Here's what peer-reviewed science actually says 🧵

BREAKING: Scientists just transferred "immune memory" between humans to kill a cancer that gives patients 3 weeks to live. This is tabelecleucel — and it just hit a 50% response rate where nothing else works. Here's what peer-reviewed science actually says 🧵

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🔴 BREAKING: A cancer immunotherapy just put autoimmune disease into complete remission. No drugs. No symptoms. Immune system: reset. Lupus 15/15 Remission. Now scientists are asking: Could this work for Type 1 diabetes? 🧵 Thread

🔴 BREAKING: A cancer immunotherapy just put autoimmune disease into complete remission. No drugs. No symptoms. Immune system: reset. Lupus 15/15 Remission. Now scientists are asking: Could this work for Type 1 diabetes? 🧵 Thread

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🚨 BREAKING For 40 years, pancreatic cancer's deadliest gene, KRAS, was called "undruggable." A pill just nearly DOUBLED survival in a Phase 3 trial. The method used is so cool! ASCO 2026 may have just changed cancer history. 🧵 #ASCO2026 #PancreaticCancer #CancerResearch

🚨 BREAKING For 40 years, pancreatic cancer's deadliest gene, KRAS, was called "undruggable." A pill just nearly DOUBLED survival in a Phase 3 trial. The method used is so cool! ASCO 2026 may have just changed cancer history. 🧵 #ASCO2026 #PancreaticCancer #CancerResearch

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BREAKING: The shingles vaccine is linked to a 51% lower risk of dementia in the largest study yet — 329,000 people, published this year. This is now the 6th major peer-reviewed study to find the same thing. (Paper published February 2026 in Nature Medicine) Thread 🧵👇

BREAKING: The shingles vaccine is linked to a 51% lower risk of dementia in the largest study yet — 329,000 people, published this year. This is now the 6th major peer-reviewed study to find the same thing. (Paper published February 2026 in Nature Medicine) Thread 🧵👇

Harshi Peiris, Ph.D.

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🚨 BREAKING Scientists may have just cracked the code on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's — WITH ONE PILL. A drug called Buntanetap was just published in a peer-reviewed journal with Phase 3 data. Phase 3 means that we are on the verge of FDA approval. It targets the ROOT CAUSE of both diseases simultaneously. Here's what you need to know 🧵👇 #Alzheimers #Parkinsons

🚨 BREAKING Scientists may have just cracked the code on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's — WITH ONE PILL. A drug called Buntanetap was just published in a peer-reviewed journal with Phase 3 data. Phase 3 means that we are on the verge of FDA approval. It targets the ROOT CAUSE of both diseases simultaneously. Here's what you need to know 🧵👇 #Alzheimers #Parkinsons

Harshi Peiris, Ph.D.

500,864 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

BREAKING: A 27-million-patient study found new Parkinson's diagnoses spike after COVID-19 infection — peaking around 6 months later. But the real story isn't what you'd expect. 🧵👇

BREAKING: A 27-million-patient study found new Parkinson's diagnoses spike after COVID-19 infection — peaking around 6 months later. But the real story isn't what you'd expect. 🧵👇

Harshi Peiris, Ph.D.

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BREAKING: Scientists just gave two old, cheap drugs to MS patients — a hay fever pill and a diabetes tablet — and measured something no drug has ever shown before. Signs of actual nerve repair. Not slowing the attack. REPAIRING the damage. Here's the science behind it 🧵

BREAKING: Scientists just gave two old, cheap drugs to MS patients — a hay fever pill and a diabetes tablet — and measured something no drug has ever shown before. Signs of actual nerve repair. Not slowing the attack. REPAIRING the damage. Here's the science behind it 🧵

Harshi Peiris, Ph.D.

466,436 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

🚨 BREAKING: German researchers treated 15 severe lupus patients with CAR-T therapy. All 15 went into complete remission. Many stopped ALL medication. Now a larger trial just confirmed it — across 3 autoimmune diseases. This might be the biggest shift in autoimmune medicine in decades. 🧵

🚨 BREAKING: German researchers treated 15 severe lupus patients with CAR-T therapy. All 15 went into complete remission. Many stopped ALL medication. Now a larger trial just confirmed it — across 3 autoimmune diseases. This might be the biggest shift in autoimmune medicine in decades. 🧵

Harshi Peiris, Ph.D.

423,683 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

BREAKING: For the first time in 100+ years, Alzheimer's may not be permanent Scientists just reversed advanced Alzheimer's in mice by restoring brain energy balance, eliminating both plaques AND cognitive decline The drug worked in two different animal models, suggesting "this could translate to humans". Game-changing 🧠

BREAKING: For the first time in 100+ years, Alzheimer's may not be permanent Scientists just reversed advanced Alzheimer's in mice by restoring brain energy balance, eliminating both plaques AND cognitive decline The drug worked in two different animal models, suggesting "this could translate to humans". Game-changing 🧠

Harshi Peiris, Ph.D.

242,943 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten

BREAKING: Scientists just ran the first-ever clinical trial of creatine in Alzheimer’s patients. Brain creatine went up. Memory and thinking improved. But the same supplement FAILED a 5-year, 1,741-patient Parkinson’s trial in 2015. What changed? What does this mean for brain energy? A thread on the most fascinating story in brain energy research right now. 🧵🧪 #Alzheimers #Parkinsons #Creatine

BREAKING: Scientists just ran the first-ever clinical trial of creatine in Alzheimer’s patients. Brain creatine went up. Memory and thinking improved. But the same supplement FAILED a 5-year, 1,741-patient Parkinson’s trial in 2015. What changed? What does this mean for brain energy? A thread on the most fascinating story in brain energy research right now. 🧵🧪 #Alzheimers #Parkinsons #Creatine

Harshi Peiris, Ph.D.

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🚨 BREAKING: Scientists just found specific gut bacteria that can trigger MS-like disease ... using identical twins as proof. One twin had MS, the other didn’t. They had the same DNA and the same upbringing. But, totally different gut bacteria. What they discovered is wild. Thread 🧵

🚨 BREAKING: Scientists just found specific gut bacteria that can trigger MS-like disease ... using identical twins as proof. One twin had MS, the other didn’t. They had the same DNA and the same upbringing. But, totally different gut bacteria. What they discovered is wild. Thread 🧵

Harshi Peiris, Ph.D.

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BREAKING: Scientists may have found the first treatment that actually slows Parkinson's disease — and it costs $0. It's not a drug. It's not a surgery. It's exercise. But not just any exercise. The TYPE and INTENSITY matter enormously. Here's what the clinical trials actually show 🧵

BREAKING: Scientists may have found the first treatment that actually slows Parkinson's disease — and it costs $0. It's not a drug. It's not a surgery. It's exercise. But not just any exercise. The TYPE and INTENSITY matter enormously. Here's what the clinical trials actually show 🧵

Harshi Peiris, Ph.D.

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🚨 BREAKING Scientists just cracked one of cancer's hardest problems. A new therapy called KIR-CAR just showed — for the first time in humans — that it can fight solid tumors that NO approved CAR-T therapy has ever beaten. Zero serious side effects. Tumors shrinking. Here's what happened 🧵

🚨 BREAKING Scientists just cracked one of cancer's hardest problems. A new therapy called KIR-CAR just showed — for the first time in humans — that it can fight solid tumors that NO approved CAR-T therapy has ever beaten. Zero serious side effects. Tumors shrinking. Here's what happened 🧵

Harshi Peiris, Ph.D.

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🔴Promising new data: Red light therapy is showing real results in Parkinson's disease clinical trials — gait improves, tremors ease, and new brain imaging suggests it may actually protect dopamine neurons. This isn't fringe science. It's peer-reviewed. Here's what the data shows 🧵👇 #Parkinsons #NeurologyResearch

🔴Promising new data: Red light therapy is showing real results in Parkinson's disease clinical trials — gait improves, tremors ease, and new brain imaging suggests it may actually protect dopamine neurons. This isn't fringe science. It's peer-reviewed. Here's what the data shows 🧵👇 #Parkinsons #NeurologyResearch

Harshi Peiris, Ph.D.

35,223 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

BREAKING: For the first time in 100+ years, Alzheimer's may not be permanent Scientists just reversed advanced Alzheimer's in mice by restoring brain energy balance, eliminating both plaques AND cognitive decline The drug worked in two different animal models, suggesting "this could translate to humans". Game-changing!!

BREAKING: For the first time in 100+ years, Alzheimer's may not be permanent Scientists just reversed advanced Alzheimer's in mice by restoring brain energy balance, eliminating both plaques AND cognitive decline The drug worked in two different animal models, suggesting "this could translate to humans". Game-changing!!

Harshi Peiris, Ph.D.

76,354 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

BREAKING: Scientists just transferred "immune memory" between humans to kill a cancer that gives patients 3 weeks to live. This is tabelecleucel — and it just hit a 50% response rate where nothing else works. Here's what peer-reviewed science actually says 🧵

BREAKING: Scientists just transferred "immune memory" between humans to kill a cancer that gives patients 3 weeks to live. This is tabelecleucel — and it just hit a 50% response rate where nothing else works. Here's what peer-reviewed science actually says 🧵

Harshi Peiris, Ph.D.

86,245 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

🔴 BREAKING: A cancer immunotherapy just put autoimmune disease into complete remission. No drugs. No symptoms. Immune system: reset. Lupus 15/15 Remission. Now scientists are asking: Could this work for Type 1 diabetes? 🧵 Thread

🔴 BREAKING: A cancer immunotherapy just put autoimmune disease into complete remission. No drugs. No symptoms. Immune system: reset. Lupus 15/15 Remission. Now scientists are asking: Could this work for Type 1 diabetes? 🧵 Thread

Harshi Peiris, Ph.D.

65,139 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

🚨 BREAKING: Scientists in China grew brain cells in a lab, implanted them into Parkinson's patients, and saw real dopamine come back. Now the FDA has approved this therapy for Phase 1 in the US. This is XS-411. And it might be the most important stem cell story you haven't heard. 🧵 Thread 👇

🚨 BREAKING: Scientists in China grew brain cells in a lab, implanted them into Parkinson's patients, and saw real dopamine come back. Now the FDA has approved this therapy for Phase 1 in the US. This is XS-411. And it might be the most important stem cell story you haven't heard. 🧵 Thread 👇

Harshi Peiris, Ph.D.

53,392 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

🚨 BREAKING: One of the biggest downsides of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound is losing a lot of muscle — up to 30% of total weight lost. A new Phase 2 trial in Nature Medicine just showed a precise way to cut that muscle loss by 55%. And this matters for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, too. Thread 🧵👇

🚨 BREAKING: One of the biggest downsides of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound is losing a lot of muscle — up to 30% of total weight lost. A new Phase 2 trial in Nature Medicine just showed a precise way to cut that muscle loss by 55%. And this matters for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, too. Thread 🧵👇

Harshi Peiris, Ph.D.

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BREAKING: A blood-based protein test can reveal how fast your brain's support cells are aging. If they’re aging too fast, your Alzheimer’s risk jumps 12.59x. 60,542 people. 7,000+ proteins. 40+ cell types. This is one of the biggest aging papers of 2026. Here's what it means for your brain. 🧠👇

BREAKING: A blood-based protein test can reveal how fast your brain's support cells are aging. If they’re aging too fast, your Alzheimer’s risk jumps 12.59x. 60,542 people. 7,000+ proteins. 40+ cell types. This is one of the biggest aging papers of 2026. Here's what it means for your brain. 🧠👇

Harshi Peiris, Ph.D.

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🚨 BREAKING: A study of 10,893 people just found that listening to music most days cuts dementia risk by 39%. No drug trial. No side effects. No prescription. Just a playlist. Here's what the science actually shows — and why neurologists are paying attention 🧵

🚨 BREAKING: A study of 10,893 people just found that listening to music most days cuts dementia risk by 39%. No drug trial. No side effects. No prescription. Just a playlist. Here's what the science actually shows — and why neurologists are paying attention 🧵

Harshi Peiris, Ph.D.

47,248 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

BREAKING: Scientists gave healthy older adults a transplant drug once a week. Their immune systems got younger. Their flu vaccine worked 20% better. Side effects? Nearly zero. This is the most exciting anti-aging drug in human history. Here's what the clinical trials actually show 🧵

BREAKING: Scientists gave healthy older adults a transplant drug once a week. Their immune systems got younger. Their flu vaccine worked 20% better. Side effects? Nearly zero. This is the most exciting anti-aging drug in human history. Here's what the clinical trials actually show 🧵

Harshi Peiris, Ph.D.

31,870 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

🚨 BREAKING: Scientists used gene therapy to make heavy-drinking monkeys almost completely stop drinking. The protein responsible? Your brain already makes it. It protects dopamine neurons. And most people have never heard of it. It's called GDNF. Thread 🧵

🚨 BREAKING: Scientists used gene therapy to make heavy-drinking monkeys almost completely stop drinking. The protein responsible? Your brain already makes it. It protects dopamine neurons. And most people have never heard of it. It's called GDNF. Thread 🧵

Harshi Peiris, Ph.D.

19,718 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten