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Dr. Bhimu Patil with Graduate Student Jose Perez

Caption: Dr. Bhimu Patil, left, discusses the benefits of citrus with graduate student Jose Perez of McAllen. Patil, director of Texas A&M University's Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center, and Dr. Farzad Deyhim of Texas A&M University-Kingsville, recently published an article showing citrus juice reduced osteoporosis in rats.

Credit: (Texas Agricultural Experiment Station photo by Kathleen Phillips)

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