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The administration of President Trump set off an uproar 27 January by suspending federal spending on grants and loans.Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Researchers in the United States are reeling after the

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Plaques (yellow-black) in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease contain amyloid-β, created by the breakdown of a protein called APP.Credit: Simon Fraser/Science Photo Library A protein involved in Alzheimer’s