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Search results for "Eliminating a single gene removes colon cancer's invisibility cloak"

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Instagram posts stated on January 27, 2023 in an Instagram post:
"Doctors say colon cancer is on the rise due to toxins absorbed while cooking food (in) the microwave.”
By Jeff Cercone• February 1, 2023
Instagram posts stated on December 07, 2022 in a post:
Kirstie Alley faked her death.
By Ciara O'Rourke• December 7, 2022
Facebook posts stated on July 30, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Herman Cain died of cancer, not COVID-19.
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 31, 2020
Viral image stated on August 30, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Chadwick Boseman was poisoned and his death is being investigated as a homicide.
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 1, 2020
Facebook posts stated on January 18, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“The average American has anywhere from 5 to 15 pounds” of stool stuck in their gut.
By Madison Czopek• January 27, 2023
Facebook posts stated on January 03, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says cutting out sugar and drinking hot lemon water will cure cancer.
By Samantha Putterman• April 9, 2020
Instagram posts stated on June 12, 2021 in an Instagram post:
"Dandelion root is able to kill 98% of cancer cells within 48 hours."
By Gabrielle Settles• June 17, 2021
Barack Obama stated on September 09, 2009 in a speech to Congress:
Preventive care "saves money."
By Catharine Richert• September 10, 2009
Patrick Johnston stated on January 30, 2012 in a radio interview:
Says abortion is "the most common surgery in our country."
By Aaron Marshall• February 15, 2012
Facebook posts stated on June 12, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“Monkey virus DNA found in COVID-19 shots”
By Sara Swann• June 21, 2023
Herman Cain stated on September 22, 2011 in the Fox News Google debate in Orlando:
"If we had been on 'Obamacare' and a bureaucrat was trying to tell me when I could get that CAT scan, that would have delayed my treatment."
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Willoughby Mariano• September 27, 2011
Robert Pittenger stated on May 02, 2017 in a written statement:
Says the Republican plan to replace Obamacare, "absolutely does not eliminate protections for pre-existing conditions."
By Will Doran• May 4, 2017
Facebook posts stated on March 20, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Islamic studies professor Tariq Ramadan said Muslims are here "to colonize the U.S. and Canada and spread Sharia law" and won’t "hesitate to use violent Jihad" if they have to.
By Samantha Putterman• March 29, 2019
TikTok posts stated on November 14, 2021 in a post:
The COVID-19 vaccines “failed miserably” in animal trials and are “a type of gene therapy that several top scientists warn will kill you.”
By Monique Curet• November 17, 2021
Viral image stated on August 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“No one has died of cancer or heart disease since the COVID-19 thing started.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 27, 2021
Instagram posts stated on March 18, 2020 in an Instagram post:
Says “Bill Gates and other globalists, in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies, are reportedly working to push tracking bracelets and ‘invisible tattoos’ to monitor Americans during an impending lockdown.”
By Samantha Putterman• April 9, 2020
Bloggers stated on June 25, 2015 in posts on the Internet:
"Lincoln was fervently making plans to send all freed slaves to the jungles of Central America once the (Civil War) was over. … The only thing that kept this from happening was his assassination."
By Louis Jacobson• June 26, 2015
Facebook posts stated on May 08, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“The sun prevents skin cancer.”
By Loreben Tuquero• May 11, 2023
Bloggers stated on March 14, 2022 in an article:
"Documents were published confirming Moderna created the COVID-19 Virus.”
By Jeff Cercone• March 24, 2022
Facebook posts stated on March 09, 2022 in a video:
"People who have had cancer in the past, they get the COVID jab and now, they're getting cancer two to three, four months later and it's the same cancer they had except much worse."
By Monique Curet• March 11, 2022

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