Daniel Nathans Quotes

• At every stage of my career I have had interesting and cordial colleagues, some of whom are close friends.

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  Careers, Interesting, Close Friends

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• And of course, identifying all human genes and proteins will have great medical significance.

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  Medical, Genes, Protein

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• Small science, which includes most research in the life sciences all over the world, is science directed usually by an individual senior scientist and a small team of junior associates, perhaps three, ten, fifteen, something in that order.

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  Senior, Team, Order

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• First of all, many human diseases are influenced by, if not caused by mutations in genes.

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  Mutation, Disease, Firsts

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• As I look back on the last few decades of my life, I am struck by the good fortune that came my way.

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  Looks, Way, Lasts

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• People are not the only interesting organism on earth. From the point of view of scientific or commercial value, there are lots of interesting organisms.

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  Views, People, Interesting

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• My parents came to the United States in the early years of this century as part of a wave of Russian Jewish immigrants seeking freedom and opportunity in the New World.

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  Opportunity, Years, Parent

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• So I applied to medical school and received a scholarship at Washington University in St. Louis. Washington University turned out to be a lucky choice. The faculty was scholarly and dedicated and accessible to students.

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  School, Choices, Lucky

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• The glimpses of human strength and frailty that a physician sees are with me still.

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  Physicians, Glimpse, Frailty

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• My education began in the public schools of Wilmington. During most of these years, from about age 10, I also worked at some job or other after school, on weekends, and in the summer months.

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  Summer, Jobs, School

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