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Ruth Napier, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular microbiology and immunology, arthritis and rheumatic disease in the OHSU School of Medicine, and principal investigator with VA Portland. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

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Emily Vance and Ruth Napier, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular microbiology and immunology, arthritis and rheumatic disease in the OHSU School of Medicine, a principal investigator with VA Portland, look through some of their microscope work. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)