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With plant set to close, some workers start fresh

Alcatel-Lucent worker Mike Lanza is studying biotechnology at Middlesex Community College.
By Kathy McCabe
Globe Staff / June 22, 2008

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Chinese hamster ovary cells weren't exactly in Mike Lanza's career path when he got a job at the old Western Electric telecom plant 28 years ago. (Full article: 1044 words)

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