The first year of the Long COVID project: What has been achieved?
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HUS Helsinki University Hospital is leading the research project on long-term effects of COVID-19
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2022
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The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Svante Pääbo for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution.
U.S. clinical trial evaluating antiviral for monkeypox begins
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A Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating the antiviral tecovirimat, also known as TPOXX, is now enrolling adults and children with monkeypox infection in the United States. Study investigators aim to enroll more than 500 people from clinical research sites nationwide. Interested volunteers can visit the ACTG website (clinical trial A5418) for more information.
National science academies of the G7 states publish joint statement on the war in Ukraine
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The national science academies of the G7 states publish a joint statement on Russia's attack on Ukraine.
The science academies have been accompanying the annual meetings of the G7 states for more than 15 years. In the run-up to each summit, they address scientific agenda-related issues that require multilateral action.
WHO update on Omicron
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International Cancer Genome Consortium empowers cancer researchers everywhere with new cloud computing platform
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The International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) is further enabling cancer research worldwide by making a massive collection of cancer data available for analysis via Microsoft's Azure cloud computing platform. Providing secure, controlled access to ICGC genomic and clinical data on Azure will mitigate the need for researchers to obtain massive amounts of storage and computing power within their home institutions, meaning that more researchers will be able to use the data.
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