Erica Rodriguez, a research associate II, works in the clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Xencor’s new laboratory in Pasadena, CA. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
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Erica Rodriguez, a research associate II, works in the clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Xencor’s new laboratory in Pasadena, CA. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
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