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Cancer Research News: August 16 – August 28

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Library Staff
  • The market value of the worldwide nanomedicine industry was $72.8 billion in 2011.
  • Molecular markers help predict which oral lesions will lead to cancer.
  • Search Chemical Patents by structure with SureChem.
  • Epigenetic drugs, intended to change the behavior of cancer cells by reprogramming them, are being tested.
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