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In 2011, he left UCSF to become global head of
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Sullivan, Christopher S.; Grundhoff, Adam T.; Tevethia, Satvir; Pipas, James M.; Ganem, Don (2005). "SV40-encoded microRNAs regulate viral gene expression and reduce susceptibility to cytotoxic T cells".
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he married Peggy S. Weintrub, a pediatrician. They have two daughters, Alison
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multiresistant gram-negative bacteria. Ganem left
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