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Northwestern Investigates COVID-19: Omicron, Children and Pandemic’s Impact on Sexual Minorities
Northwestern Medicine investigators continue to study the COVID-19 pandemic, from the biological mechanisms of disease and infection patterns to the pandemic’s impact on women and sexual and gender minorities.
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Gene Therapy Promotes Transfusion Independence for Severe Beta-Thalassemia
A novel gene therapy promoted transfusion independence in more than 90 percent of adult and pediatric patients with transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia, according to a recent clinical trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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Why COVID-19 Surveillance in Nigeria Is Critical
A recent Northwestern Medicine study found global efforts to track variants grossly underreported a probable variant of concern, Eta, circulating in Nigeria in early 2021.