Word: decipherment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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A decade ago, scientists puzzling over cancer cells resembled 18th century Egyptologists in their struggle to decipher ancient hieroglyphics. Now they have assembled a biological Rosetta stone that has enabled them to lay out in sharp detail the changes that cause a cell to go from normal to malignant. "The...