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APRIL 2020

THE SCIENTIST THE-SCIENTIST.COM VOLUME 34 NUMBER 04

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Exercise and Cancer

Studies point to a role for physical exercise

in fighting malignancies, improving

treatment outcomes, and fostering overall

health in patients.

BY BENTE KLARLUND PEDERSEN

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Bacteria Ta ke on Cancer

Autonomous, living microrobots that seek

and destroy cancer are not as futuristic as

one might imagine, thanks to the fusion

of robotics and synthetic biology.

BY SIMONE SCHUERLE AND TA L DANINO

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Cancer's Game

New therapeutic approaches in

oncology take aim at the very thing

that makes cancer so untreatable:

its ability to evolve drug resistance.

BY CATHERINE OFFORD

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