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The discovery of a surprising way yeast used to brew beer can survive starvation could open the door to new treatments for cancer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to Dr. Ahmad Jomaa for the national coverage his research is receiving about his lab findings. The coverage made it on to Newsweek and national television.\u00a0 Ahmad’s findings are explained in UVA’s Medicine In Motion <\/a> and links to the national coverage are NEWSWEEK<\/a> and CBS News<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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