2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: a turning point in the war on cancer
October 3, 2018
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(THE CONVERSATION) There are moments in the history of scientific achievement that benchmark the end of an era and the beginning of a new phase of reality for mankind.
The significance of these inflection points is sometimes readily apparent. NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong’s first step onto the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969, marked a new phase of space exploration. Other advances take many years for the historical significance to manifest, with an impact that appreciates over...
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