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Scientists are making gains despite obstacles

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM

University of Hawaii Cancer Center researcher James Turkson opens a special sample freezer that goes down to 84 degrees below zero. The Ghanaian-born scientist, whose mother died of uterine cancer, says many of the cancer-fighting drugs now being used clinically “came from or were inspired by natural products.”