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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Eric Williams

Could a 70 million-year-old dinosaur fossil hold the key to new cancer discoveries?

Scientists believe dinosaur fossils could influence future cancer treatments for humans - (Getty)

Scientists believe dinosaur fossils could hold the key to new cancer discoveries and influence future treatments for humans.

A decade-long study published in the journal Biology by researchers from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) and Imperial College London has identified preserved red blood cell-like structures in a dinosaur fossil.

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