An oncologist׳s friend: How Xenopus contributes to cancer research.

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Published in Dev Biol on February 19, 2015

Authors

Laura J A Hardwick1, Anna Philpott2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK.
2: Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK. Electronic address: ap113@cam.ac.uk.

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