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Victorio

American  
[vik-tawr-ee-oh, -tohr-] / vɪkˈtɔr iˌoʊ, -ˈtoʊr- /

noun

  1. 1809?–80, leader of the Chiricahua Apache tribe.


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"We selected Zika virus because it naturally infects rapidly multiplying cells in the brain, allowing us to reach cancer cells that are traditionally difficult to target. Our ZIKV-LAV strains also replicate themselves in brain cancer cells, making this a living therapy that can spread and attack neighbouring diseased cells," said Dr Carla Bianca Luena Victorio, first author of the paper and Senior Research Fellow at the Cancer & Stem Cell Biology Research Programme at Duke-NUS.

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Dr Victorio and the team determined that ZIKV-LAV strains were highly effective in infecting cancer cells as these viruses bind to proteins that are present in high levels only in cancer cells and not in healthy cells.

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Also on the ballot in that contest is retired principal Victorio Gutierrez.

From Los Angeles Times

Retired principal Victorio Gutierrez is the fourth candidate, describing himself as pro-union but anti-special-interest politics.

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The army has allowed five digs to disprove “the Legend of Victorio Peak.”

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