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    <description><![CDATA[More with CMU Emeritus Professor James Hill and his book, "The King Must Die"]]></description>
    
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    <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 16:44:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <description><![CDATA[Osheen Dubey's genetic treatment and Nadia Khiabani's delivery system could one day be used to combat other neurological disorders or other forms of cancer.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:44:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <description><![CDATA[Osheen Dubey is working on a targeted genetic therapy for Glioblastoma. Nadia Khiabani is focused on a safer way to deliver the treatment to where it is needed.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:44:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <description><![CDATA[After CMU students get that knowledge in nature experience up north, they bring their newfound creative inspiration back to the main campus in Mt Pleasant.]]></description>
    
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