Spain medical research hurt by crisis

VALENCIA: In blue gloves and goggles, Maria Jesus Vicent’s team of young researchers busily mix chemicals in their laboratory, where they work at improving medications for cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.

Theirs is a well-equipped lab, but like researchers across Spain, they warn that steep funding cuts made during the financial and economic crisis are threatening to ground their potentially life-saving work—and driving the country’s most talented scientists away.