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Inside Google’s Quest To Digitize Troops’ Tissue Samples

James Bandler ProPublica
The tech giant has long sought access to a priceless trove of veterans’ skin samples, tumor biopsies and slices of organs. DOD staffers have pushed back, raising ethical and legal concerns, but Google might win anyway.

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Long Covid: A Parallel Pandemic

We hear from people struggling with long Covid and what scientists have learned about the condition — or conditions — so far about long Covid’s diverse effects on the body.

Who Knew Tumors Have Their Own Microbiomes?

Carl Zimmer New York Times
New research reveals that cancer is rife with bacteria and fungi — a rich ecosystem that scientists say offers new possibilities for the detection and even the treatment of cancer
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