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Life scientists are preparing to test quantum computers for applications beyond computational chemistry, such as selecting responders to cancer therapies.
Early results promise a one-off treatment, but gene-editing and gene therapies will have to show durable protection and be affordable to the many patients with sickle cell disease in the world.
A summer pipeline program provides under-represented students from around the United States with exposure and first-hand training to advance their careers in the biotechnology industry.
With supply-chain shortages and production problems exacerbating vaccine inequity, global manufacturing must expand to ensure the world’s poorest nations are better served.