Surgeons without Borders

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Mark Alpert is an internationally bestselling author of science thrillers. His latest novel is Saint Joan of New York: A Novel about God and String Theory. Follow him at www.markalpert.com.

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This article was originally published with the title “Surgeons without Borders” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 285 No. 5 (November 2001), p. 28
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1101-28a

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