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• Precision Medicine: A medical model that tailors specific drugs to specific patients based on genetic profiling.
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Acanda De La Rocha, Arlet. (2024) Personal communication. Researcher at The Azzam Lab at FIU. https://stempel.fiu.edu/research/labs/cancer-research/

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