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. 2018 Oct 18;5(4):302-303.
doi: 10.1016/j.gendis.2018.10.003. eCollection 2018 Dec.

2018 Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to cancer immunotherapy: Immune checkpoint blockade - A personal account

Xingxing Zang  1   2   3
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2018 Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to cancer immunotherapy: Immune checkpoint blockade - A personal account

Xingxing Zang. Genes Dis. .
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James Allison and Xingxing Zang in the University of California at Berkeley.
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