WINTER 2013 A PUBLICATION OF MAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE & FOUNDATION The Green Issue CARING FOR PATIENTS — AND THE PLANET Our Annual Magee Pioneers Researchers Hope to Unravel PHILANTHROPY REPORT NEW BIOPSY PROCEDURE MYSTERIES OF PLACENTA MAGEE // PAGE 1 www.mwrif.org 22 VOLUME 7 | WINTER 2013 MAGEE is published two times a year for supporters of Magee-Womens Research Institute & Foundation (MWRIF). EDITOR SUBSCRIBE Anna Dubrovsky To receive free issues of MAGEE at home or request CONTRIBUTING EDITORS additional copies, please email
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