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Sumner et al. show that lung microbial ecosystem dynamics associate with clinical outcomes during severe pneumonia infection. Systematic bronchoscopy paired with integrative multiomics reveals that va...

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Scientists at Illinois universities are worried federal cuts will set back research innovation in treatment and cure of diseases.

The federal government froze the university’s research funding. It hasn’t offered the school a way to get it back.