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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-23-128721
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20231213
FILED AS OF DATE:		20231222
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20231222

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Duitz Joshua
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001565384
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-06565
		FILM NUMBER:		231509206

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
		STREET 2:		1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR
		CITY:			PHILADELPHIA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19103

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			abrdn Life Sciences Investors
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000884121
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	
		IRS NUMBER:				043147016
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			PA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1900 MARKET STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			PHILADELPHIA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19103
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6177728515

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1900 MARKET STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			PHILADELPHIA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19103

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TEKLA LIFE SCIENCES INVESTORS
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20141015

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	H&Q LIFE SCIENCES INVESTORS
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920929
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    <remarks>Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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<P STYLE="text-align: right; margin: 0"><B>Exhibit 24</B></P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">POWER OF ATTORNEY</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby&#8239;constitutes
and appoints the individuals named on Schedule A&#8239;attached hereto and as may be amended from time to time, or any&#8239;of them
signing singly, with full power of substitution and&#8239;resubstitution, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-&#8239;in-fact
to:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">1.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;as
may be required, prepare, execute in the undersigned's&#8239;name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the United&#8239;States
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &quot;SEC&quot;) a Form&nbsp;ID,&#8239;including amendments thereto, and any other documents
necessary&#8239;or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the&#8239;undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of
reports&#8239;required by Section&nbsp;16(a)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of&#8239;1934, as amended (the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;),
or any rule&nbsp;or regulation&#8239;of the SEC;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">2.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;execute
for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the&#8239;undersigned's capacity as a reporting person pursuant to Section&#8239;16 of the Exchange
Act, and the rules&nbsp;thereunder of the&#8239;applicable registered investment companies (and any successor&#8239;companies) listed
on Schedule A attached hereto, as amended from&#8239;time to time, and any other registered investment company&#8239;affiliated with
or established by Aberdeen Asset Management&#8239;Inc., Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited, Aberdeen Asset Management&#8239;Asia Limited,
or their affiliates, for which the undersigned&#8239;becomes a Section&nbsp;16 reporting person (each, a &quot;Fund&quot;), Forms 3,&#8239;4
and 5 in accordance with Section&nbsp;16(a)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">3.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;do
and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the&#8239;undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and&#8239;execute
any such Form&nbsp;3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with&#8239;the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">4.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;take
any other action of any type whatsoever in connection&#8239;with the foregoing that, in the opinion of any of such&#8239;attorneys-in-fact,
may be of benefit to, in the best interest&#8239;of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood&#8239;that the documents
executed by any of such attorneys-in-fact on&#8239;behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney&#8239;shall be in such
form and shall contain such terms and&#8239;conditions as any of such attorneys-in-fact may approve in the&#8239;discretion of any of
such attorneys-in-fact.&#8239;The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full&#8239;power and authority to do and perform
any and every act and&#8239;thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in&#8239;the exercise of any rights and powers
herein granted, as fully&#8239;to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do&#8239;if personally present, with full
power of substitution or&#8239;revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any of such&#8239;attorneys-in-fact, or the substitute
or substitutes of any of&#8239;such attorneys-in-fact, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by&#8239;virtue of this Power of Attorney
and the rights and powers&#8239;herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing&#8239;attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of&#8239;the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is any Fund assuming, any&#8239;of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Section&nbsp;16&#8239;of the Exchange Act.&#8239;This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect&#8239;until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4&#8239;and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and&#8239;transactions
in securities issued by any Fund, unless earlier&#8239;revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the&#8239;foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of&#8239;Attorney
to be executed as of this 9th day of May&nbsp;2018.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 45%"> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Josh Duitz&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">SCHEDULE A</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">FUND NAME AND TICKER SYMBOL</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-align: left">1.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 97%">ABERDEEN
AUSTRALIA EQUITY FUND,&nbsp;INC. (IAF)</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-align: left">2.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 97%">ABERDEEN
ASIA-PACIFIC INCOME FUND,&nbsp;INC. (FAX)</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-align: left">3.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 97%">ABERDEEN
GLOBAL INCOME FUND,&nbsp;INC. (FCO)</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-align: left">4.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 97%">ABERDEEN
EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY INCOME FUND,&nbsp;INC. (AEF)</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-align: left">5.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 97%">THE
INDIA FUND,&nbsp;INC. (IFN)</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-align: left">6.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 97%">ABERDEEN
JAPAN EQUITY FUND,&nbsp;INC. (JEQ)</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-align: left">7.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 97%">FIRST
TRUST/ABERDEEN GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY INCOME FUND (FAM)</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-align: left">8.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 97%">FIRST
TRUST/ABERDEEN EMERGING OPPORTUNITY FUND (FEO)</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-align: left">9.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 97%">ABERDEEN
INCOME CREDIT STRATEGIES FUND (ACP)</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-align: left">10.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 97%">ABERDEEN
ASIA-PACIFIC INCOME INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED&#8239;(FAP)</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-align: left">11.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 97%">ABERDEEN
GLOBAL PREMIER PROPERTIES FUND (AWP)</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-align: left">12.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 97%">ABERDEEN
GLOBAL DYNAMIC DIVIDEND FUND (AGD)</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-align: left">13.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 97%">ABERDEEN
TOTAL DYNAMIC DIVIDEND FUND (AOD)</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">INDIVIDUALS APPOINTED AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT,&#8239;WITH FULL POWER OF
SUBSTITUTION AND RESUBSTITUTION</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-align: left">1.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 97%">Jennifer
Nichols</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-align: left">2.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 97%">Lucia
Sitar</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-align: left">3.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 97%">Megan
Kennedy</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-align: left">4.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 97%">Alan
Goodson</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-align: left">5.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 97%">Jennifer
Rogers</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-align: left">6.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 97%">Joseph
Andolina</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-align: left">7.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 97%">Lisa
Kupper</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-align: left">8.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 97%">Katherine
Corey</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-align: left">9.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 97%">Robert
Hepp</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-align: left">10.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 97%">Jeffrey
Cotton</TD>
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