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        <description><![CDATA[ Shenglin Mei, the newest principal investigator of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Cancer Research Center in Washington, D.C., applies computational biology, genetics, and immunology to study cancer’s spread away from the primary tumor.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The laboratory of Kirsten Nielsen in the Center for One Health Research has completed a six-year study to examine the virulence of 38 clinical isolates from various strains of Cryptococcus. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Xin Luo, professor of immunology, received a $300,000 grant from the Department of Defense to establish a new, double humanized model for lupus. ]]></description>
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