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Research updates, May 27
A large study in Nature Genetics found a genetic risk factor for developing Long COVID. Researchers studied genetics data from 6,450 participants with Long COVID and over a million population controls across 16 countries, leading to the discovery that a variant near the FOXP4 gene increased the risk of the disease by about 60%.
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Research updates, May 20
Early results from a Long COVID clinical trial assessing the monoclonal antibody AER002 found no difference between those who got the drug and placebo. Researcher Michael Peluso revealed the results at the PolyBio Spring Symposium; he and his colleagues are still analyzing data and will publish a paper later.
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Live blog: Following the Spring 2025 PolyBio Symposium on Long COVID and related diseases
Leading scientists studying Long COVID and related chronic diseases are set to present updates to their work on Friday at the PolyBio Research Foundation’s Spring Symposium. The Sick Times’ team will be following the presentations throughout the day.
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Research updates, May 13
The Bateman Horne Center and Open Medicine Foundation recently released a highly anticipated ME and Long COVID clinical care guide. The 96-page guide has been praised by many in the community as a useful tool for clinicians, patients, and their families.
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“A morale boost”: Looking ahead to the 2025 Keystone Symposia Long COVID conference with Hannah Davis
In August, leading Long COVID researchers will gather in Santa Fe, New Mexico for a major conference on Long COVID and other post-acute infection syndromes. The meeting, organized by Long COVID experts and hosted by the nonprofit Keystone Symposia, follows a similar conference in 2023 at which scientists presented novel, exciting studies. Managing editor Betsy…
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Research updates, May 6
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How volunteering to become a lab rat paid off
When I signed up for a clinical trial, I expected it to be thought provoking at best and onerous at worst. I didn’t expect it to change my life.
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Research updates, April 29
When compared to other masks, only N-95s were found to meet or to be close to occupational health standards, according to a small study published in PLOS One. The study found that N95s had 97-99% filtration efficiency (without fit testing), compared to KN94 and KN95 masks, which were found to have around 70% filtration efficiency.
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This surgery fuses people’s skulls to their spines to treat a condition overlapping with myalgic encephalomyelitis
A growing number of doctors agree that a minority of people with severe ME are like Brea: Some of their symptoms are caused by cranio-cervical instability linked to connective tissue disorders. Viruses including SARS-CoV-2 have been shown to degrade connective tissue, Ruhoy points out, which could be a big issue for people with Long COVID…
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Research updates, April 22
*Editor’s note: The Polybio Research Foundation, like The Sick Times, has received support from the Balvi and Kanro funds. Our newsroom operates independently of financial supporters.
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