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pecheni pri bolezni Botkina i botkinskikh tsirrozakh (The Biochemistry

of the Liver During Hepatitis and Psoriasis of the Liver, Dushanbe,
1964) and Izbrannie lektsii po klinicheskoi biokhimii (Selected Lectures
About Biochemistry, Dushanbe, 1971).
Mansurova was recognized as a Distinguished Contributor to Health
Services of the Soviet Union in 1967. She was decorated with a number
of medals.
Mansurova, Muborak
Tajik biologist Muborak Umarovna Mansurova was born on Sep-
tember 11, 1920, in Bukhara..
Mansurova graduated from the Central Asian Institute in Tashkent in
1942 with a degree in biology. For a while, after graduation, she worked
at a silkworm farm in Bukhara. In 1946, she became the Director of
Silkworm Production and, later, Instructor of Anatomy and Zoology at
the Institute of Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan. In 1969, she
became the Director of the Department of Anatomy and Histology of
the same institute. She received her doctorate in biology in 1973, and
became a professor in 1974
Mansurova's research deals with the morphology of domesticated
animals. Her dissertation, which she defended in 1973, is entitled
Taghiroti Khususiyyathoi Anatomiu Histology va Khimiyovii Gusfan-
doni Hisori Vobasta ba Sinnu Sol (Changes in the Specifics of the Anat-
omy, Histology, Chemistry, and Physiology of the Skeletal Frame of
Hisari Sheep with Respect to Aging). In 1974, she started a study of the
Pamiri bison. Mansurov's other contributions include Khimicheskii
sostav kostnoi tkani razlichnikh porod i klassov ovets razvodimikh v
Tadzhikistane (The Chemical Bone Structure of the Various Types of
Sheep Raised in Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 1960).
Mansurova received the Badge of Honor, as well as other medals.