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Turning point: Qin Liu

Biostatistician leaves medical career in China for cancer research in the United States.

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Interview by Virginia Gewin

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Gewin, V. Turning point: Qin Liu. Nature 479, 258 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7372-258a

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