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Peter Agre

The long, cold Minnesota winters instilled in me a fascination for exotic far off places I aspired toward a career in tropical diseases and world health problems.

Peter Agre

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Growing up in the harsh, cold climate of Minnesota made the author curious about warm, distant regions. This curiosity motivated him to focus on studying diseases common in tropical areas and global health challenges.

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