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'Karikó’s career, however, is a story of snakes and ladders. The first snake was the late Robert Suhadolnik, who had invited her to join his biochemistry team at Temple. He could be an encouraging, even inspiring boss, but was also a temper-driven tyrant. When Karikó was offered a job at Johns Hopkins University, an enraged Suhadolnik sabotaged the move and reported her to the US immigration authorities for visa violation. But she managed to avoid deportation and found positions at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences outside Washington DC, then at the University of Pennsylvania.'

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