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Horvitz urges support for basic science

H. Robert Horvitz, the David H. Koch Professor of Cancer Biology and recipient of the Nobel Prize, delivered the 35th annual Killian Award lecture April 24. Horvitz spoke on "Worms, Life and Death: Cell Suicide in Development and Disease."

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