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Medicinal plants have been used for millennia, and several modern pharmaceuticals are inspired by or derived from them, including aspirin, digoxin, and penicillin. As skin cancer has become more common and more resistant to chemotherapy and radiation, researchers have looked to plants and their phytochemicals for possible new treatments, reported researchers in the January issue […]