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Rafael Viana

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Bioinformatics Manager at IDIPHISA

Joined October 2011
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@ChristophBurch
Christoph Burch
3 months
Sarcopenia prevention in older adults: Effectiveness and limitations of non-pharmacological interventions https://t.co/YHwEc165bt
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@NTFabiano
Nicholas Fabiano, MD
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The largest summary of supplements for depression.
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@EricTopol
Eric Topol
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The brain is the master regulator of food intake and energy balance. A brilliant new @CellCellPress review, including the mechanism of GLP-1 drugs, by @ClemmensenC and colleagues, open-access https://t.co/KbDf7ym288
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@EricTopol
Eric Topol
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Metformin, the first line drug for Type 2 diabetes, has been used for 60 years without a clearcut mechanism of action. It turns out it's not just reducing glucose output from the liver. Metformin also works via the brain
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Metformin lowers blood glucose by inhibiting Rap1 in ventromedial hypothalamic neurons that regulate glucose balance.
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@albaclierta
Alba Cervera-Lierta
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📢¡¡¡Máxima difusión!!!
@QuantumSpain_ES
Quantum Spain
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🎉 ¡Abrimos convocatoria! Investigadores y empresas ya podéis solicitar acceso al ordenador cuántico de Quantum Spain y a los emuladores de @CESGA_ y @_SCAYLE 🙌🙌 - Acceso gestionado por @RES_HPC. - Envía tu solicitud hasta el 8 de mayo. Más info: https://t.co/0dck6FThhf
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@NTFabiano
Nicholas Fabiano, MD
8 months
Your environment predicts aging and mortality more than genetics. 🧵1/10
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@NTFabiano
Nicholas Fabiano, MD
9 months
Exercise increases brain-derived neurotrophic factor - crucial for neuronal survival, growth, and plasticity. 🧵1/9
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@NickDesnoyer
Nick Desnoyer
11 months
In one year, I genetically engineered the boring Arabidopsis into a beautiful ornamental flower 🧬🌹 Here is how and why I gave this model organism a visual upgrade 🧵(1/7)
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@niko_kukushkin
Nikolay Kukushkin
1 year
We think of our own, biological memory the way we think of computer memory: the more, the better. But that’s not what evolution intended when it created learning. Learning is not just about storing information: it is about choosing what to store and what to discard. 🧵/1
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@NTFabiano
Nicholas Fabiano, MD
1 year
The SARS-CoV-2 spike protein stays in the brain after a COVID-19 infection. 🧵1/10
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@MariosGeorgakis
Marios Georgakis
1 year
Did you know that Germany has its own large-scale population-based biobank? The German National Cohort or NAKO @NAKO_Studie If not, let me tell you why👇
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Stephen Turner 🦋 @stephenturner.us
1 year
Recommendations for Bioinformatics in Clinical Practice https://t.co/swlsXTLJEv 🧬🖥️🧪
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@MitoPsychoBio
Martin Picard
1 year
If we look at thousands of proteins (i.e., signals) in the human blood, the protein most associated with chronic physical and mental illnesses is the **same protein** as the top marker for mitochondrial diseases: GDF15 When mitochondria cannot flux energy properly, the cell
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@ItaiYanai
Itai Yanai
1 year
New work reveals the impact of anxiety & depression on PhD students. "Anxiety and depression can have a substantially detrimental impact on graduate students’ experiences [..] and likely also contribute to increased time to degree and student attrition." https://t.co/iNitLTuagj
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@PhD_Leigh
Leigh A. Frame 🍎🥕🍋🥦🍇
1 year
🧬Feeding the Gut to Fuel the Brain 🧠 An in-depth review in @NatMetabolism uncovers how the diet-microbiota-gut-brain axis influences brain health, linking dietary habits with cognitive and emotional well-being through gut-brain communication. 🌱 📖 Highlights • Poor diets may
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@NTFabiano
Nicholas Fabiano, MD
1 year
Fat cells have a ‘memory’ of obesity. 🧵1/11
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@segal_eran
Eran Segal
1 year
Our new @NatureAging paper: We built 14 "biological clocks" representing the biological age and rate of aging of 14 major body systems using data from 13,000 people of the Human Phenotype Project Key findings: 1. Biological clocks are clinically meaningful: People with higher
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