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Born July 5, 1873 • Staunton • Virginia
Died March 12, 1971 (aged 97) • Pennsylvania
Subjects Of Study diabetes mellitus • islets of Langerhans • pancreas • tuberculosis
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Norman Ernest Borlaug
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Karl Landsteiner.
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Peyton Rous.
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American pathologist
Alice Hamilton.
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Simon Flexner
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