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 opportunit….

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 schoo….

Small science, which includes most research in the life sciences all over the world, is science directed usually by an individual senior scientist an….

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

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

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

So I applied to medical school and received a scholarship at Washington University in St. Louis. Washington University turned out to be a lucky choic….

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

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

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