Without public health surveillance, officials trying to tackle outbreaks, identify threats and evaluate treatments are working ‘in the darkness of ignorance.’

Cancer screenings are key to saving lives. Take colonoscopies, for example, which are estimated to reduce colorectal cancer risk by about 30%. This is because undergoing colonoscopies as recommended (every 10 years beginning at age 45 for those at average risk) gives physicians the chance to detect and remove precancerous growths called adenomas (a type
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For one thing, the presence of employees with disabilities improves the culture of the entire organization, making it more collaborative and responsive.

Immune checkpoint icons James Allison and Arlene Sharpe shared their journeys and a look ahead on the opening night of the inaugural AACR IO conference.
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Limiting exposure to air pollution will have lasting impacts on Colorado communities with the highest exposure.

The key to the for-profit company’s successful partnership with governments, international agencies and humanitarian, nongovernmental organizations is how it handled its patent.

USAID has a decades-long history of fighting smallpox, polio, malaria, tuberculosis and HIV.

The second keynote session at AACR IO focused on deciphering T-cell receptors, creating TCR libraries, and rewiring cytokine signaling.
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Topologists categorize all the possible shapes in each dimension.

Humans understand that ‘red ball’ makes sense but ‘ball red’ does not. Large language models? Not so much.