Marlene Belfort, Ph.D., a distinguished professor at the University at Albany and author of Mommy, Can Boys Also Be Doctors?, discusses her journey in science, balancing personal and professional life, the importance of fundamental research and the discovery of introns in bacteriophage.

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• Mommy, Can Boys Also Be Doctors?: A Message to Young Scientists and Other Humans.
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