Anyone graduating from medical school in 1966 had first to fulfill military service before launching a career. Fiercely opposed to the Vietnam War, I sought to avoid it through an assignment to the Public Health Service.
Every cancer looks different. Every cancer has similarities to other cancers. And were trying to milk those differences and similarities to do a bett… - Harold E. Varmus
Every cancer looks different. Every cancer has similarities to other cancers. And were trying to milk those differences and similarities to do a bett…
- Harold E. Varmus
Tobacco, UV rays, viruses, heredity, and age are the main causes of cancer. - Harold E. Varmus
Tobacco, UV rays, viruses, heredity, and age are the main causes of cancer.
In general, all cancers have been traditionally characterized by the way they appear under the microscope and the organs in which they arise. - Harold E. Varmus
In general, all cancers have been traditionally characterized by the way they appear under the microscope and the organs in which they arise.
I had learned that science is a rewarding, active process of discovery, not the passive absorption of what others had discovered. - Harold E. Varmus
I had learned that science is a rewarding, active process of discovery, not the passive absorption of what others had discovered.
A cancer is not simply a lung cancer. It doesn't simply have a certain kind of appearance under the microscope or a certain behavior, but it also has… - Harold E. Varmus
A cancer is not simply a lung cancer. It doesn't simply have a certain kind of appearance under the microscope or a certain behavior, but it also has…
All basic scientists who look to the NCI for funding should know that I will tolerate no retreat on the study of model systems and the pursuit of fun… - Harold E. Varmus
All basic scientists who look to the NCI for funding should know that I will tolerate no retreat on the study of model systems and the pursuit of fun…
Science can improve lives in ways that are elegant in design and moving in practice. - Harold E. Varmus
Science can improve lives in ways that are elegant in design and moving in practice.
My ideal summer day was reading on the porch. - Harold E. Varmus
My ideal summer day was reading on the porch.
I keep encouraging the pharmaceutical companies to put more money into R&D. - Harold E. Varmus
I keep encouraging the pharmaceutical companies to put more money into R&D.
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