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Two Bangalore Institutes Join Hands With UK Varsity to Improve Cancer Research

by Savitha C Muppala on Sep 16 2012 11:59 PM

A cure for cancer has always been on the wish list and to take this forward, two Bangalore-based institutes have joined hands with The University of Cambridge.

Two Bangalore Institutes Join Hands With UK Varsity to Improve Cancer Research

A cure for cancer has always been on the wish list and to take this forward, two Bangalore-based institutes have joined hands with The University of Cambridge.

Their collaboration will give a renewed thrust to the area of cancer research and an opportunity to understand the disease and its spread to different parts of the body.

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