defier

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“HeLa cells were one of the most important things that happened to medicine in the last hundred years,” Defier said.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

But after Mr. Defier, no one mentioned Henrietta.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

My instructor, Donald Defier, a gnomish balding man, paced at the front of the lecture hall and flipped on an overhead projector.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

“Henrietta’s cells have now been living outside her body far longer than they ever lived inside it,” Defier said.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

“We learned that by studying cancer cells in culture,” Defier said.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot