Nature Medicine - CURRENT ISSUE : May 2008, Volume 14 No 5
- In vivo imaging of pancreatic islets
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Straight talk with... Maria Freire
Q&A by OparThis past March, Maria Freire became president of the Lasker Foundation. She spoke with Nature Medicine about her previous work advancing biomedical research and her challenges ahead.
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Adrenergic signaling in heart failure
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