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President Sally Kornbluth joined Lizzie O’Leary of Slate’s "What Next: TBD" podcast for a live discussion, during which she stressed the importance of curiosity-driven science and emphasized why basic science is critical to our nation’s future. “If you think about long pathways, like immunotherapy for cancer, that began 30-40-years ago in basic immunotherapy research,” said Kornbluth. She added: “As one of the top institutions in the world it’s part of our responsibility to articulate the importance of science.” 

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