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Yang Y, Yu L, Li J, et al.Autophagy regulates the stemness of cervical cancer stem cells.Biologics.  2017;11:71– 79.The Publisher, and Editor-in-Chief of Biologics: Target and Therapy wish to retract the published article.Concerns were raised that this article contains instances of image manipulation, including images that

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