Tamim Ahsan
@tamim-ahsan.bsky.social
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PhD Candidate| Affiliated with University of Wollongong, University of Sydney and Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry | Studying stress-related psychopathology using spatial multi-omics. Views expressed here are my own. https://tamim-ahsan.github.io/
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2️⃣ A generic version of Lenacapavir, a drug that prevents HIV infections, will be made available in 120 low- and middle-income countries from 2027 at a an annual cost of just $40 per person, as opposed to its American price tag of $28000.

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Lenacapavir: Landmark deal paves way for cheaper HIV/ Aids protection jab
The drug - a twice-yearly injection – reduces the current HIV treatment cost in developing countries.
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🚨 TWO great news in medical science 🧪

1️⃣ A gene therapy targeting Huntington's Disease has shown significant success in a small clinical trial by slowing down the progression of the disease.

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doi.org/10.1038/d415...
Huntington’s disease treated for first time using gene therapy
Preliminary results from a small trial offer the clearest evidence yet that the brain disease’s progression can be slowed.
doi.org
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Adherence to Mediterranean #diet may reduce the risk of #Alzheimer’s disease and its related dementias, especially among APOE4 homozygotes.

Paper title: Interplay of genetic predisposition, plasma metabolome and Mediterranean diet in dementia risk and cognitive function

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Interplay of genetic predisposition, plasma metabolome and Mediterranean diet in dementia risk and cognitive function - Nature Medicine
Genetic background, plasma metabolome and dietary data from 4,215 women and 1,490 men reveal 57 metabolites whose associations with dementia risk vary by APOE4 genotype and other risk variants.
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Oral polyphenol-based microbeads with synergistic demulsification and fat locking for obesity treatment

This is cool! Oral microbeads made with components from green tea and seaweed can absorb emulsified fat derivatives and then get excreted from the body. 🧪

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Oral polyphenol-based microbeads with synergistic demulsification and fat locking for obesity treatment
Excessive fat intake is strongly linked to the growing prevalence of obesity and associated metabolic disorders. Orlistat is the only Food and Drug Ad…
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Optimistic people are all alike: Shared neural representations supporting episodic future thinking among optimistic individuals

"optimistic individuals imagined positive events as more distinct from negative events than less optimistic individuals"

#optimism #neuro 🧪

doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Optimistic people are all alike: Shared neural representations supporting episodic future thinking among optimistic individuals | PNAS
Optimism is a critical personality trait that influences future-oriented cognition by emphasizing positive future outcomes and deemphasizing negati...
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Did not make that connection until you mentioned it 😂