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When the headline "Drug made from toxic weed kills cancer" really means "Drug made from toxic weed kills [for some definitions of kill] cancer [for some definition of cancer (in mice)]", the scorn on the reporting is richly deserved. These sort of linkbaity headlines only serve to undermine the solid work and real achievements of the scientists doing the research.


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