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Using the word "shutdown" in the same sentence as research laboratory, academic facility, or pharmaceutical company seems absurd. But shutdowns are often necessary.
Non-profit research foundations play an important role in evolving medical research and finding cures for devastating diseases. Unlike government-funded agencies and large biopharmaceutical companies, some of these foundations focus on one disease.