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class="StoryCard_date__HWKDk">November 14, 2024</p></div></div><div class="StoryCard_container__KVQRO"><div class="StoryCard_imageWrapper__HLKiF"><div class="StoryImage_imageContainer__uBnSe StoryCard_image__EOjAy"><img alt="Meet group leader Jan Remsik, who studies brain metastasis" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="StoryImage_image__iSYWK" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes="(max-width: 430px) 420px, (max-width: 1023px) 350px, 350px" srcSet="https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/ef1619ef-9345-46ca-bf9b-fc8782be98ef/-/format/auto/-/stretch/off/-/progressive/yes/-/resize/16x/-/quality/smart/BOARD24%20Twitter%20Post%20(1).png 16w, https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/ef1619ef-9345-46ca-bf9b-fc8782be98ef/-/format/auto/-/stretch/off/-/progressive/yes/-/resize/32x/-/quality/smart/BOARD24%20Twitter%20Post%20(1).png 32w, 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