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Renowned biophysicist Maksim Frank-Kamenetsky left his native Russia 21 years ago to settle in the United States. Last fall, he returned to Moscow on a four-month teaching assignment. But instead of the homecoming he had looked forward to, his stay in Russia left him so upset that he decided to pen an outspoken letter to Russians. 

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