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Cancer vaccine target pinpointed
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6-15-2008 12:21 PM
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6-15-2008
2:56 PM
orgone_bosco
Cures for cancer abound in a myriad of alternative therapies.
Vaccines in general do more harm than good. What the world needs now is not another vaccine.
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