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Heralded cancer drug a nimble weapon against other diseases

By Michael E. Hochman
Globe Correspondent / December 19, 2005

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Seven years ago, media reports declared that a new type of drug that starves tumors of their blood supply might soon cure cancer. The drugs were predicted to mark the beginning of the end of a disease that has terrified generations. (Full article: 912 words)

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