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Microbots to go directly for the cancer tumour

EDICAL TECHNOLOGY The inherent inaccuracy of chemotherapy affects both sick and healthy cells, so that cancer patients often experience unpleasant side effects, including hair loss, nausea and extreme fatigue. But scientists from the American Chemical Society are

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