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Dr. Philip Thorpe and Ralph Mason

Caption: Drs. Philip Thorpe (left), professor of pharmacology, and Ralph Mason, professor of radiology, have shown in animals that arsenic linked to a drug that binds to the blood vessels of cancerous tumors provides a powerful imaging agent.

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