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Daniel Muema retweeted
30 Oct 2025
This pragmatic trial, led by @KEMRI_Wellcome colleagues @Shindeh @TonyEtyang , and conducted across 18 hospitals in Kenya, found that adjunctive low-dose glucocorticoids reduced mortality in adults with community-acquired pneumonia.
30 Oct 2025
HOT OFF THE PRESS! A Pragmatic Trial of Glucocorticoids for Community-Acquired Pneumonia
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Daniel Muema retweeted
19 Oct 2025
Is science getting too competitive?
Grant applications are skyrocketing and funding rates are decreasing.
Yet the article in Nature fails to mention the potential role that AI/LLMs in driving up grant applications.
These low funding rates are a serious problem--they turn the entire system into a lottery.
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8 Aug 2025
Thanks @kaviuon for creating a platform where African scientists are contributing to solutions for African problems like HIV. We will strive to have vaccines that are safe and effective in our local setting.
We are thrilled to announce that our very own KAVI researchers, are part of a groundbreaking publication in Science!
science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
👏 A huge congratulations to the entire team for their dedication, innovation, and commitment to advancing science that matters!
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Congratulations @Thumbi_Ndungu and your team!!!
27 Mar 2025
Kenya's Professor Thumbi Ndung'u is leading the trial to find a cure for HIV at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
20% of the participants in the trial managed to suppress the virus without medication for nearly a year.
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Daniel Muema retweeted
27 Mar 2025
Kenya's Professor Thumbi Ndung'u is leading the trial to find a cure for HIV at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
20% of the participants in the trial managed to suppress the virus without medication for nearly a year.
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Daniel Muema retweeted
In Kenya, the HPV vaccine is available free of charge at any government facility offering routine immunizations for children. It is given in two doses, six months apart to girls between 10-14 years of age.Get your daughter vaccinated today to prevent cervical cancer.
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Daniel Muema retweeted
25 Jan 2024
Additionally, @MuemaDM will concentrate on pioneering research methodologies and innovative healthcare solutions while developing cutting-edge treatment protocols and healthcare technologies.
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Daniel Muema retweeted
25 Jan 2024
On our fourth day of our #meettheteam series, we would like to highlight Dr. Daniel Muema. He joins the Institute as part of our Vaccines and Research Innovation divisions.
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Daniel Muema retweeted
5 Jan 2024
Retroviral genomes are translated after entry, challenging the notion that retroviruses require reverse transcription to produce viral proteins, which has significant implications for basic retrovirology, immune responses and gene therapy applications
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A new NIAID study shows strong responses from immune cells called CD8 T cells may play a key role in an effective #HIV vaccine. This study could guide future preventive and therapeutic HIV vaccine design and development.
Read more: brnw.ch/21wFymZ 🔗
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18 Dec 2023
Lab tests show 1 in every 5 people has one organ with accelerated aging. Identifying such cases can help predict future health. This will inform timely corrective habits. Hopefully these lab tests will be readily available soon.
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17 Dec 2023
GDF15 might be the cause of morning sickness in pregnancy. The role of this protein has been elusive. A new study suggests blocking it could provide a long awaited relief for pregnant women.
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17 Dec 2023
Interesting groundbreaking stuff showing how cells adapt to stressful conditions. They deprioritize their professional roles and invest on survival. I wonder how this extends to human societies when people are stressed..
4 Dec 2023
Under stress, hepatocytes increase genes that promote survival (e.g., anti-apoptosis, WNT), but decrease genes related to professional roles (e.g., metabolic enzymes, secreted proteins, lineage-determining transcription factors; see text for drug targets like FXR and THRB!) (4/n)
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Daniel Muema retweeted
7 Dec 2023
✨#ImmuneDictionary✨is out today in @Nature!
Paper nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
Software immune-dictionary.org
We created scRNA-seq dictionary of 17 immune cell types responding to 86 cytokines in vivo, discovered the immune system is far more complex than previously known 1/
ALT The Immune Dictionary is a large-scale compendium of single-cell transcriptomic profiles of more than 17 immune cell types in response to each of 86 cytokines in vivo, a reference for understanding the complex immune system. The image lists the 86 cytokines, representing almost all major cytokines in the immune system, studied in the dictionary. For more information, see our Nature (2023) publication "Dictionary of immune responses to cytokines at single-cell resolution": https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06816-9
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Daniel Muema retweeted
4 Dec 2023
We invite innovators who will address climate change's impact on health, agriculture, and gender. Together, we are harnessing the power of science to address climate-related challenges. Interested? Find out how you can submit a proposal 🔗 bit.ly/3GoM9Og #ClimateChange
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Daniel Muema retweeted
3 Dec 2023
On this day in 1977, Fred Sanger published the first paper demonstrating "Sanger sequencing", opening the doors to read DNA and earning him a 1980 Nobel prize. Absolutely revolutionary work🫡
The first Sanger sequencing image. Figure 1, PNAS 74:5463:5467 1977
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3 Dec 2023
Some parasites cause painless skin sores. Do they achieve this by producing painkillers to avoid treatment? Can such parasites teach us how to kill pain in the future? Some recent research on leishmaniasis suggests so.
doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.…
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2 Dec 2023
A fifth of Africans have a genetic variant that affects responsiveness to the breast cancer drug tamoxifen. Another reason to study African genetics. No more copy-pasting.
sciencenews.org/article/brea…
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Daniel Muema retweeted
1 Dec 2023
African countries are aiming for 60% of their vaccine supply to be produced in Africa by 2040.
Right now, just 1% are made in Africa.
How can they achieve their goal?
@divletshah explains more ⤵️
wellcome.org/news/africa-mus…
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