Storm Destroys Valuable Medical Research
Another victim of superstorm Sandy’s devastation in New York: laboratory animals representing years of critical medical research.
Alexandra Sifferlin
Alexandra Sifferlin is a writer and producer for TIME Healthland. She is a graduate from the Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism.
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