Vogelstein

[ vō′gəl-stēn′ ]

Bert Born 1949

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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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How to use Vogelstein in a sentence

She told Vogelstein that she was always hearing about it during the Civil War, ages before.
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Count Vogelstein had finished his cigar, and he spent a long time in walking up and down the upper deck.
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This was rather illogical, but it indicated a certain amount of curiosity on the part of Count Vogelstein.
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These reflexions would indicate that Count Vogelstein read his volume of Tauchnitz rather interruptedly.
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Mrs. Dangerfield was a handsome confidential insinuating woman, with whom Vogelstein felt his talk take a very wide range indeed.
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