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            <description><![CDATA[This image depicts the war on cancer in a manner that makes clear who the bad guys are. Emiko Paul drew on microscopic images of breast cancer cells – seen here looking like creatures with long tentacles – inspiration. But her illustration also depicts a possible weapon against these malignant tissues: an antibody developed by researchers at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, called TRA-8 (the green, globular structures).]]></description>
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