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Developing a neoantigen cancer vaccine at Transgene, a French biotech.
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STAT+ | As mRNA falls out of favor for HHS, are cancer vaccines next?

Oncologists worry that HHS's cutoff of mRNA research could lead to a broader hostile posture towards using mRNA and hamper cancer treatments. 

By Angus Chen, Megan Molteni, and Marissa Russo


STAT+ | Exact Sciences acquires rights to rival Freenome’s blood-based colon cancer test

The deal ratchets up Exact’s intense competition with Guardant, which received FDA approval last year for its own colon cancer liquid biopsy

By Jonathan Wosen


STAT+ | Work on mRNA therapies was surging. Now Kennedy has rocked the field

Scientists call mRNA technology safe and effective, say Kennedy's "unscientific and misguided" decision will hamper research and pandemic response.

By Marissa Russo



Ellyn Kodroff, outside of her home in Highland Park, Ill., founded the CURED Foundation after her daughter Jori was diagnosed with  a rare disease.
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STAT+ | Rare disease patients caught in Trump crackdown on foreign grant awards

In studies reliant on global partners because of the small number of patients, NIH overseas funding cuts turn patients into collateral damage

By Megan Molteni


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