“Passing on the Fire” to Communicate High-quality Scientific Knowledge for Biomedicine and Health Care^[*]

 

^* Casimir Kulikowski, Rutgers University, New Jersey, once again kindly agreed to suggest edits and so turned a previous version of this text into a much better readable English style. I cordially want to thank him.

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