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HUMAN GENE COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH CANCER OR DROID FROM STAR WARS?

by David Ng

1. p21RAS
2. C-3PO
3. CD45
4. p53
5. C-SRC
6. RIC-920
7. FOS-JUN
8. R2-D2
9. 8D8
10. C-MYC

1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10 are oncogenes: 2, 6, 8, 9 are droids from Star Wars.

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