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ESF EURYI award winner aims to stop cancer cells reading their own DNA

A promising new line in anticancer therapy by blocking the molecular motors involved in copying genetic information during cell division is being pursued by young Dutch researcher Dr. Nynke Dekker in one of this year's EURYI award winning projects sponsored by the European Science Foundation and the European Heads of Research Councils.

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