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FDA Green Lights COVID-19 Vaccines for Kids Under 5

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CDC Pathology Investigator Dies Unexpectedly at 65

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Immunologist Thomas Hodge Dies of COVID-19 at 69

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Study Reveals Declining COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy Against Infection

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FDA Approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

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The Computer-Assisted Retrosynthesis Revolution

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Study Confirms Safety of Genetically Modified T Cells

A long-term study of nearly 800 patients demonstrated a strong safety profile for T cells engineered with viral vectors.

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