Harshi Peiris, Ph.D.
Understanding neurodegeneration and aging through evidence, clarity, and practical insight. No hype, just facts.
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- Sep 22, 2026
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Episode 5: The Friendly Fire — Is Your Immune System Attacking Your Own Nerves? (opens the original)
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A large study went looking for one thing: a single autoantibody, one shared signature that would mark Long COVID as an autoimmune disease. They tested over two hundred people. They found nothing that separated Long COVID patients from everyone else.That result got published, and normally that’s where the story ends.This year, the same lab went back with… Read more
The Pill That Fixes the Pain and Starts the Bleed (opens the original)
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The Guest Who Never Left (opens the original)
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Almost every adult is quietly carrying a virus they’ve never had reason to think about. Epstein-Barr and CMV usually just sit dormant for life. This episode looks at what happens when a severe COVID infection stirs them back up, and walks through the two separate lines of evidence pointing that way, from immune cells that shouldn’t be active to direct s… Read more
Alzheimer's prevention in 2026: The Nine-Month Story So Far (opens the original)
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Long COVID and Viral Persistence: What the Clinical Trials Actually Found (opens the original)
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Could a piece of the COVID virus still be sitting in your body right now? Full breakdown on the channel: Episode 3 of What COVID Left Behind. Watch the whole series to see what the science actually says.Have you checked out the previous episodes?Episode 1 - A road map to Long COVIDEpisode 2 - The worn-out soldiers Read more
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