Meet Kyrgyzstan's 85-Year-Old Pharmacology Student
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Mamat Kulmatov is a first-year pharmacology student at Osh State University in Kyrgyzstan. He is 85 years old and pays his tuition from his pension. He worked as a traditional healer and is studying pharmacology to learn more about the medicinal properties of herbs -- and to encourage his grandchildren to follow him to university.