Macau-born scientist & educator 🌏 | PhD in Physiology 🧬 | Asst. Dean @ MUST Faculty of Medicine | Training future doctors and advancing cancer research
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Our recent review on #LongCovid suggests decreasing severity and incidence, and changing symptomatology, but could be due to vaccinations.
#FutMed Review
Long COVID across SARS-CoV-2 variants: Clinical features, pathogenesis, and future directions
#SARSCoV2 #OpenAccess @oliviamonteiro @dbaptista
Read now ➡️ doi.org/10.1002/mef2.70004
Learn more➡️ eurekalert.org/news-releases…
ALT Long coronavirus disease (COVID) affects various body systems resulting in heterogeneous symptomatology, which could be due to increased immunity through vaccination or multiple exposures to the virus. Current data indicate that the incidence of long COVID from the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 wild-type variant to Omicron may be decreasing.
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Super interesting stuff from the Moss lab and @neurorunner #neuroscience
New Research: Analyzing the mechanisms that facilitate the subtype-specific assembly of γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptors: Impaired inhibitory signaling underlies the pathophysiology of many neuropsychiatric and… frontiersin.org/articles/10.… #Molecular #Neuroscience
One, no, ten steps backwards... #AntibioticStewardship
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This finding is consistent with our report on Omicron specific neutralising antibody levels. nature.com/articles/s41392-0….
Using data from Brazil during the Omicron wave, a study in @NatureComms shows that boosters following a CoronaVac primary series provided protection against severe COVID-19, with higher effectiveness from a Pfizer booster than CoronaVac booster. go.nature.com/3MeNOIi
#EndStigmaAndDiscrimination Commission launch. Macau time Monday 10 Oct 1800 to 1930. Registration (free) link below. #WorldMentalHealthDay
This #WorldMentalHealthDay, join us for the launch of The Lancet Commission on Ending Stigma and Discrimination in Mental Health, hosted by @WHO.
Find out more and register 👉 bit.ly/3UCGlqq #EndStigmaAndDiscrimination
Our research highlight on phylogenetic analysis of the #Monkeypox outbreak and the importance of sustained genetic surveillance. An all-MUST Faculty of Medicine production with @oliviamonteiro and one of our Year 4 MBBS student.
Timely and sustained sequencing efforts to track the potential evolutionary trajectory of #monkeypox virus is important to minimize its potential impact on global health. Learn more about the phylogenetic characterization of the #MPXV onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
MedComm-Future Medicine: A new open access journal publishing quality research in medicine and biology. Our stellar editorial team is led by Profs Robin Ali, Michael Karin and @KangZhangMD APCs are waived for the time being! Follow us @MedComm_FutMed
Major funding success for research into chronic pain by my collaborator and good friend Prof. Tim Hales at Dundee.
dundee.ac.uk/stories/major-f…
As a early career researcher, about to be independent, these articles are, as respected academics put it - poisonous.
#DownWithImpactFactors
Dos and don’ts for getting your research paper accepted by a high impact scholarly journal. Ensure your work has the best chance of finding an appropriate home:
elsevier.com/connect/5-tips-…
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If your house is on fire, switch off the fire alarm, grab a glass of wine and get into a hot bath (no pun intended).
Nutjob.
Twitter is a disturbing place to be right now. If you are feeling negatively affected by current events and you feel out of control. Disable your feed, switch off the news, list positives to achieve in your day, sleep and eat well and visit #EveryMindMatters website for guidance
I look at the situation in the USA, the police tactics, the weapons used, the indiscriminate violence, and the relative silence the government in the UK has shown on this matter, and I think to myself.
You fucking hypocrites. You have no right to lecture anyone on anything.
They say to be silent is to be complicit. In this case though...
Must suck living next to a mental neighbor.
Justin Trudeau gave an epic pause when asked about Donald Trump's response to US protests bbc.in/303IOjQ
Good grief I hope Matt Hancock (or any Ministers) won't say again that he/ they will "strain every sinew" to make sure Unis have PPE... It'll be a disaster.
Maybe time to call in those favors from Asian collaborators to send some over...
