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Research News$1B+ in Research
PA Economic Impact $4.2B
83+ Companies in Five Years
No. 6 in NIH Funding
4 MacArthur 'Genius' Awards
5 National Medal of Science Winners
8 National Academy of Sciences Members
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51精品视频 Researchers Pull 700,000 Years of Glacial History from an Andean Lakebed
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Adding Sense of Touch Improves Control of Robotic Arm
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The (CVR) is composed of the Vaccine Research Laboratory and the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory. The CVR engages a cross-section of scientists in infectious disease research.
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