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A roundtable discussion on threats to federal funding of research included immunology graduate student Kristin Weinstein, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, and medical genetics researcher Mary-Claire King. Photo by Susan Gregg/UW Medicine.
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Sen. Murray hosted roundtable on threat to NIH research
A roundtable discussion on threats to federal funding of research included immunology graduate student Kristin Weinstein, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, and medical genetics researcher Mary-Claire King.
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