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87) Rabinovsky ED, Draghia-Akli R. 2004 Insulin-like Growth
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90) Tone CM, Cardoza DM, Carpenter RH, Draghia-Akli R. 2004
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91) Draghia-Akli R, Fiorotto ML. 2004 A new plasmid-mediated
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92) Brown PA, Davis WC, Draghia-Akli R. 2004 Immune-enhancing
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94) Hebel H, Attra H, Khan AS, Draghia-Akli R. 2006 Successful
parallel development and integration of a plasmid-based biologic,
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electroporation for therapeutic and vaccination applications
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expression technology using growth hormone releasing hormone:
a novel method for physiologically stimulating long term growth
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