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This work was supported by a grant in aid from the Cancer Council of Victoria to JS and LMK. LMK was supported by a fellowship from the Victorian Cancer Agency, JS was supported by a fellowship from the Australian Medical Research Future Fund, RWJ was supported by a fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and EG was supported by the Australian Postgraduate Award.
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Gruber, E., Franich, R.L., Shortt, J. et al. Distinct and overlapping mechanisms of resistance to azacytidine and guadecitabine in acute myeloid leukemia. Leukemia 34, 3388–3392 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-020-0973-z
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