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The Joy in Discovery: Paula Whittington ’01

Newly published research by former Meyerhoff Scholar Paula Whittington ’01, biological sciences, could help women with breast cancer.

Read more in the Winter 2009 issue of UMBC Magazine…

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Posted: November 10, 2010, 8:20 PM

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