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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ian Sample Science editor

UK facing ‘brain drain’ of cancer researchers after failure to join EU scheme

A scientist looking through a microscope.
Three-quarters of cancer specialists favoured association with the programme, according to a poll. Photograph: David Davies/PA

Top young cancer researchers are leaving the UK in a “brain drain” fuelled by the continuing failure to reach an agreement over the EU’s study programme, scientists warn.

The two-and-a-half-year delay in joining the £85bn Horizon Europe scheme, the largest collaborative research programme in the world, has “damaged the UK’s reputation” and made it more difficult to attract and retain the brightest researchers into the nation’s labs.

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