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Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Cancer Grand Challenges interview, edited by Rebecca Eccles (8 September 2026); Complete sentence from his answer about how discovery changed his approach to science; subsequent sentence explicitly says many such ideas will not prove true.
- Cancer Grand Challenges interview, edited by Rebecca Eccles (8 September 2026)
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