Chaffee native's discovery could help save transplant patients' lives

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

In 1973, Chaffee, Missouri, native Charlie Mantel earned a first-place ribbon at the Southeast Missouri Regional Science Fair for his research into the biochemical functions of the rosy gene in fruit flies.

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