When Dr. Naftali Kaminski decided to research idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), his mentors tried to talk him out of it. But that only increased his determination. "It's typical of an Israeli," laughed the director of the University of Pittsburgh's Richard Simmons Center. "We don't know our place in the system. You're a junior trainee, and you don't listen to whatever anyone tells you, and do what you want. [click link for full article]
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