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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 Meighan Stone: #MeToo helped put Cosby in prison.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2021

The Open Connectome Project also provides automated quality assurance, says Vogelstein — this generates visualizations of summary statistics that users can inspect before moving forward with their analyses.

From Nature • Jan. 12, 2020

Out of that came a five-page job description — a “wish list,” in the words of Barbara M. Vogelstein, the chairwoman for the school’s board and one of the leaders of the committee.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2018

These reflexions would indicate that Count Vogelstein read his volume of Tauchnitz rather interruptedly.

From Pandora by James, Henry

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