Lina Solomonovna Stern was a notable biochemist, physiologist and humanist whose medical discoveries saved thousands of lives at the fronts of World War II. She is best known for her pioneering work on blood-brain barrier, which she described as "hemato-encephalic barrier" in 1921. Wikipedia
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