Steve Took a Chance on a New Treatment, Now He’s Cancer-Free
There seemed to be no more wiggle room — the walls were closing in on Steve Hurm. Five years of fighting prostate cancer only felt like delaying the inevitable…
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UF researchers’ genetic detection discovery has implications for medical diagnostic testing
September 21, 2023
University of Florida researchers have found a new use for “genetic scissors” to detect RNA, a discovery that could lead to faster, more accurate and less…
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