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@EricTopol
Sep 30, 2020 • 5 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
We desperately need these rapid tests for infectious covid (not PCR for infected). The rationale and the obstacle (FDA) laid out so well by @michaelmina_lab, @DanLarremore, Roy Parker @CUBoulder in today's @NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
In today's superspreader/overdispersion piece by @zeynep (the best, comprehensive one on this topic to date), she also reviews how important these cheap, frequent, rapid turnaround tests can prevent such spread
theatlantic.com/health/archive… @TheAtlantic
When you combine this w/ @ScienceMagazine yesterday on PCR tests (CT, cycle threshold) you realize that the testing we have today, mostly detecting infections but not infectious, are way off the mark.
We should all have had the home rapid tests months ago!
I pleaded for these rapid home tests in July and hard to believe it's now (tomorrow) October and we still don't have them.
More on this. The innovation work has been extraordinary. The lack of getting this across the goal line pathetic.

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As I wrote in SUPER AGERS, the immune system is the key to modulating our aging process and the opportunity to extend healthspan. Today @NatureAging 7 new articles, summarized here, that reinforce its central role
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Inflammaging: with aging comes untoward inflammation, a summary graphic
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The potential consequences of too youthful immune system in an older person —> autoimmunity
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Aug 7, 2025
The new special issue @ScienceMagazine features Immunity with 4 outstanding review papers, 5★
Our immune system over the lifespan, sex differences, influence on physiology, and host antiviral defenses science.org/toc/science/cu…Image
Our immune system as we age: the path to immunosenesence and inflammaging
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Sex differences science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…Image
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Jun 8, 2025
We've learned a lot more about the principal drivers of age-related diseases in the past few weeks. And that leads to a unified model to pull it all together. (open-access) Image
I review 4 new reports, summarized here:
1. The proteins from senescent cells predict age-related clinical outcomes
2. A new epigenetic age clock connects the dots between aging, the immune system, inflammation and lifestyle factors
3. People with a fast pace of aging had an increased risk of cognitive impairment, age-related diseases, disability, and mortality
4. The Importance of “Immune Resilience” for Healthspan
And present a unified I/I model for what we now know Image
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Most people haven’t heard of this test, which is available in the US. It accurately predicts Alzheimer’s (not just if there’s a risk, but when). It is favorably affected by exercise and likely many other lifestyle factors.
Here’s (almost) everything we know about it. In Ground Truths (link in my profile d/t X-suppression)Image
Here's the response to exercise Image
The most sensitive and accurate biomarker to date Image
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Apr 5, 2025
A major @Nature paper this week found a significant decline in dementia after an outdated Shingles vaccine.
I've reviewed the study and many other relevant ones in a new Ground Truths (link in profile) Image
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The effect in the 2 natural experiments differed substantially by sex with the benefit predominant in women Image
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