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‘Absolutely a big deal': Vancouver Island students get paper published in prestigious medical journal

‘Absolutely a big deal': Vancouver Island students get paper published in prestigious medical journal

CTV News29-05-2025
A group of private school students from Vancouver Island has managed to get a peer-reviewed research paper published in Scientific Reports.
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