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Defining Moments

Posted on April 13, 2021
J. B. Collip [University of Alberta Archives]
J. B. Collip [University of Alberta Archives]

My article “Success Has Many Parents: J. B. Collip’s Role in the Discovery of Insulin” appears on the Defining Moments Canada website.

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