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... bestscientific paper during the year. Dr. Barlev came to Wistar in 1997, after working in the Department of MolecularGenetics at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, and earning his Ph.D. inmolecular and cellular biology from the Institute of Cytology of the RussianAcademy of Sciences. His paper, "The ...Gene Linked To Glaucoma, Hydrocephalus, And Other Birth Defects
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