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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Boston University School of Medicine professor Rutao Cui and medical student Chengqian Yin in their on campus research lab. Cui is leading an international research team, which has discovered a potential new way to stop the progression of melanoma. RACHEL SHARPLES/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU professor finds potential new treatment for melanoma

Roshni Kotwani February 21, 2019
The number of melanoma victims may decrease in the coming years with the use of a new drug compound, according to research by Rutao Cui, a BU School of Medicine professor.
GRAPHIC BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Life-saving CAR-T cancer therapy approved by the FDA

Sophie Will September 7, 2017

After years of uncertainty surrounding treatment for leukemia patients, the Food and Drug Administration announced a new type of treatment that has the ability to save patients. The key? Using their...

RENNER: Biden's plan to cure cancer lofty, but impressive

RENNER: Biden’s plan to cure cancer lofty, but impressive

Elise Renner January 21, 2016

And the war against cancer rages on. In President Barack Obama’s 2016 State of the Union Address, he endorsed Vice President Joe Biden’s “moonshot” plan to cure cancer. Biden first announced his...

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