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Drs. David Boothman and Erik Bey, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Caption: Dr. David Boothman (left), a professor in the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Dr. Erik Bey, a postdoctoral researcher in the center, are members of a research team that has determined how a substance derived from the bark of the South American lapacho tree kills certain kinds of cancer cells. Their findings may ultimately suggest a novel treatment for the most common type of lung cancer.

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