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Jin-Xiong She, the director of the Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia (later Georgia Health Sciences University) in Augusta, observes a researcher at work, circa 2006. The center engages in interdisciplinary research to develop treatments for such diseases as diabetes and cancer.

Photograph by Phil Jones

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