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Extra: A Rockstar Chemist Wins the Nobel Prize

People I (Mostly) Admire

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Is There a Better Way to Treat Cancer?

Stanford University's Steven Borsuk has developed medicines that act like a lawn mower on cancer cells. He says they chop off sciatic acids, which are coating the surface of the cell just like Earth is coated in vegetation. The immune system will then see it for what it is and kill it, he says.

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