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Watch: Researchers discover new way to study cancer cells using virtual reality

December 27, 2018

Every year in New Zealand more than 20,000 people are diagnosed with cancer, making it the number one killer in the country.

Now, researchers have discovered a new way to study cancer cells through virtual reality, which scientists hope will better show how the disease spreads.

The BBC's Fergus Walsh explains in the video above.

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