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How the ‘Rocket Boys of the NIH’ Sparked a Commitment to Science and Medical Research
Posted by Kandy Collins on September 16, 2011
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Even as a child Terence Boylan was a dreamer with big ideas. Collaborating in 1957 with his friend, nine-year old Terence made plans to build a rocket that could carry a mouse into the sky and bring it back safely. But Terence did not have the money to buy the aluminum they needed so he…