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Vogelstein

American  

noun

  1. Bert 1949–, American cancer researcher.


Vogelstein Scientific  
/ vōgəl-stēn′ /
  1. American medical researcher who led the team that identified the specific mutations responsible for cancer of the colon, a discovery that greatly advanced the understanding of the genetic basis of cancer.


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Such a vaccine “seems like science fiction,” Vogelstein says, but “a concerted effort by many labs” might succeed.

From Science Magazine Apr. 6, 2022

Rachel Vogelstein and Alexandra Bro: Other nations have been putting women in charge.

From Washington Post Oct. 16, 2020

But he’s hardly the first to give voice to that outlook: Wired’s Fred Vogelstein recalls that Zuckerberg and company used to conclude their Friday all-hands meetings by shouting the word “domination.”

From Slate Apr. 2, 2018

Warburg Pincus long ago named Joseph P. Landy and Charles R. Kaye as its chief executives., taking over from the co-founders Lionel I. Pincus and John Vogelstein.

From New York Times Jul. 17, 2017

What could be this strange infatuation of the hardheaded Morrison, this avowedly simple magic of the grossly cunning Vogelstein?

From The Collectors by Frank Jewett Mather

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