Tariq Ahmad (@tariqahmadibd) 's Twitter Profile
Tariq Ahmad

@tariqahmadibd

Exeter Gastroenterologist specialising in IBD & nutrition. Chief investigator of CLARITY IBD, PANTS and PRED4 PGx studies.

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linkhttp://www.ibdresearch.co.uk calendar_today15-09-2014 20:17:48

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CLARITY IBD (@clarityibd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Woohoo...AMAZING ๐ŸŽบ๐ŸŽบ๐ŸŽบ Well done to The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust ๐Ÿฅ who have recruited the 5โƒฃ0โƒฃ0โƒฃ0โƒฃ!!! #ibdpatient in CLARITY IBD ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰ Thank you for all your hard work #teamclarity. Devon goodies on the way to you. National Institute for Health and Care Research

Paul Bieniasz (@paulbieniasz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I can't be the only one who is unexcited by the prospect of a purportedly more transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variant, possibly with mutations conferring partial antibody resistance, propagating in a UK population that is 'semi-immunized' for 12 weeks. Experiments in viral evolution...

Eric Topol (@erictopol) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How to spoil phenomenal results of the most important clinical trials of our generation 1. Extrapolate from 2-dose trials in >75,000 participants who all got 2 doses that 1-dose works fine 2. A UK gov't committee says the 2nd dose isn't needed until 12 weeks (only data is 3 wks)

Tariq Ahmad (@tariqahmadibd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

U.K. IBD collaborative research delivers important data. Thanks to National Institute for Health and Care Research @NIHRSW Crohn's & Colitis UK 7000 patients and 92 U.K. hospitals. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ Please stick with the study, more data to follow.

Tariq Ahmad (@tariqahmadibd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

People on immunosuppression therapies require timely access to the second dose of COVID-19 vaccines - News and Events - Crohnโ€™s and Colitis Canada crohnsandcolitis.ca/News-Events/Neโ€ฆ

Tariq Ahmad (@tariqahmadibd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Self isolation rules still apply after 2 doses of vaccine. Two people out and about today have told me their children are at home isolating with pcr confirmed covid....

James Goodhand (@jamesgoodhand1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

CLARITY IBD spin off paper. Blood tests at home and posted to the lab. Important adjunct to telemedicine. โฆCLARITY IBDโฉ โฆNational Institute for Health and Care Researchโฉ โฆCrohn's & Colitis UKโฉ โฆResearch & Development at the Royal Devonโฉ โฆResearch at Exeterโฉ @exeteribd academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/advanโ€ฆ

Charlie Lees (@charlie_lees) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Latest CLARITY IBD out as a pre-print researchsquare.com/article/rs-755โ€ฆ After 2 doses of PZ or AZ vaccine: โ€ข IBD pts on infliximab have lower antibody responses โ€ข Antibodies decay over time BUT almost all have good T cell responses Suggests booster required & likely to be effective

Latest <a href="/clarityibd/">CLARITY IBD</a> out as a pre-print

researchsquare.com/article/rs-755โ€ฆ

After 2 doses of PZ or AZ vaccine:
โ€ข IBD pts on infliximab have lower antibody responses 
โ€ข Antibodies decay over time 

BUT almost all have good T cell responses

Suggests booster required &amp; likely to be effective
Jeffrey Barrett (@jcbarret) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Took a look at the spike mutations in B.1.1.529 this evening, and colour coded them (details below)...there is...not much green.๐Ÿงต

Took a look at the spike mutations in B.1.1.529 this evening, and colour coded them (details below)...there is...not much green.๐Ÿงต
ReviveTheNHS (@revivethenhs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

๐Ÿšจ Alarming testimony from a doctor in the South of England๐Ÿงต[1] โ€œIโ€™m a proud NHS physician. 30+ years qualified, 20+ years a consultant. I now work at a small district hospital, a microcosm of our dear, broken and dying NHS. The pre-covid cracks have now become huge gaping...

Ben Bai (@benyhbai) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Pleased to share our preprint exploring the transcriptional signatures associated with anti-TNF response in Crohn's disease patients from the PANTS cohort: medrxiv.org/content/10.110โ€ฆ 1/

Richard Appleby (@rnappleby) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A thread about medical taboo #101: Moving jobs as a consultant: After 5 happy years in London, I took the momentous decision to leave. It was almost as mochas a shock to me as it was to my colleagues, I thought I would stay forever, so why did I do it, and what did I learn? 1/11

A thread about medical taboo #101: Moving jobs as a consultant: After 5 happy years in London, I took the momentous decision to leave. It was almost as mochas a shock to me as it was to my colleagues, I thought I would stay forever, so why did I do it, and what did I learn? 1/11