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Profile: Fred Kavli

Nature Biotechnology volume 26, page 600 (2008)Cite this article

Fred Kavli is a visionary philanthropist who began selling wood briquettes in wartime Norway and is now investing his fortune in keeping blue-sky research alive.

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Alper, J. Profile: Fred Kavli. Nat Biotechnol 26, 600 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0608-600

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