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Major African radio telescope will help to image black holes

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Decade-long leukaemia remissions with persistence of CD4⁺ CAR T cells

Infusion of CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor T cells into two patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia resulted in complete tumour remission and persistence of the infused cells more than ten years later.

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Daily briefing: Omicron is unlikely to end the pandemic

The pandemic remains volatile and difficult to model, but researchers predict Omicron will not be the last variant. Plus, the terrible toll of drug-resistant infections and Apollo 14’s re-discovered Moon trees.

Flora Graham
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The US House of Representatives has passed its America COMPETES Act, which includes money for science funding agencies. Scientists are cautious, but hopeful.

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