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An analysis finds that the Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177 billion in federal grants since the president took office for his second term.

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A builder and problem solver at heart, she is developing technologies to understand and engineer the roles of cell-surface sugars, called glycans, in the immune system.

A builder and problem solver at heart, she is developing technologies to understand and engineer the roles of cell-surface sugars, called glycans, in the immune system.

Cancer immunotherapy benefits from antibody-lectin chimeras that block glyco-immune checkpoints.

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Cancer immunotherapy benefits from antibody-lectin chimeras that block glyco-immune checkpoints.

Using molecules called AbLecs that block an immune checkpoint, researchers showed they could stimulate a strong anti-tumor immune response. The approach, which could work for many types of cancer, was...

Cancer immunotherapy benefits from antibody-lectin chimeras that block glyco-immune checkpoints.

A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.

America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives, is under threat in one of its most productive moments.