Wells to Chair UCSF Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Internationally recognized biochemist James Wells has been named chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry.

University of California San Francisco
Give to UCSFInternationally recognized biochemist James Wells has been named chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
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