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Vogelstein

American  

noun

  1. Bert 1949–, American cancer researcher.


Vogelstein Scientific  
/ vō′gəl-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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Dr. Vogelstein agrees that what is really needed is a randomized clinical trial.

From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2022

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

Vogelstein worked with Burns to build a system that would make those data — 20 trillion voxels’ worth — available to the larger neuroscience community.

From Nature ● Oct. 29, 2018

But Vogelstein looked and was as completely the professional as Morrison the amateur.

From The Collectors by Frank Jewett Mather

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