The 2022 generation

Mautin Barry-Hundeyin; Jian Carrot-Zhang; Talya Dayton; Shila Ghazanfar; Lillian M. Guenther; Diu T.T. Nguyen; Jason R. Pitarresi; Sheerien Rajput; Naiara Santana-Codina; Tanaya Shree; Zexian Zeng; Ying Zhang

doi:10.1038/s43018-022-00481-z

The 2022 generation

Mautin Barry-Hundeyin, Jian Carrot-Zhang, Talya Dayton, Shila Ghazanfar, Lillian M. Guenther, Diu T.T. Nguyen, Jason R. Pitarresi, Sheerien Rajput, Naiara Santana-Codina, Tanaya Shree, Zexian Zeng, Ying Zhang

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1426-1431
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nature Cancer
Volume	3
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s43018-022-00481-z
State	Published - Dec 2022

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Cancer Research

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