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Breathing life into biology

Nature volume 436, page 487 (2005)Cite this article

Mriganka Sur says that life sciences will prosper in India once research and teaching reconnect.

When I was a teenager, I thought I had only two choices — to be a doctor or an engineer. Growing up in Allahabad in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, students like me were so frequently asked to choose between these two careers that most of us never considered any other options. Becoming a biology researcher did not figure on the list.

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