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A chemist born in St. Petersburg Russia in 1893, moved to Paris (Pasteur Institute) then to Rockefeller Institute in NYC (now Rockefeller University). Best known in science for two of the first effective anti-cancer drugs, both isolated from Vinca rosea(periwinkle), vincristine and vinblastine. He later moved his lab to Florida Southern College, in Lakeland. The editorial offices of the (his) journal Growth were located there until about 1996.

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O B Ugurchiev is a pseudonym used by the author of the science fiction novel "Roadside Picnic," Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. The novel explores themes of humanity's relationship with the unknown and was the inspiration for the video game series "S.T.A.L.K.E.R."


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