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Cornell University

Foundations of Understanding and Combating Cancer

Cornell University via World Science U

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Nobel laureate, former Director of the National Institutes of Health, and former President of Memorial Sloan Kettering Harold Varmus, M.D. illuminates the importance of genes and mutations to the development and treatment of cancer. Learn how precision medicine reveals new treatments and explore immunotherapy and how CRISPR is advancing research.

 

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  1. Foundations of Cancer
  2. How We Study Cancer
  3. Overcoming Cancer

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