Friday, July 16th, 2010

From Lab to Pharmacy

Harold Varmus Photo by Ernie Branson, NIH Medical Arts and Photography Branch.

This week, Harold Varmus was sworn in as director of the National Cancer Institute. He's no stranger to government science, having headed the NIH during the 1990s before a stint as head of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Dr Varmus shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1989 for studies of the genetic basis of cancer. We'll talk with him about science, politics, and the route from basic research to medical treatments.

Guests

Harold Varmus
Author, "The Art and Politics of Science"
Director, National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, Maryland

Related Books

The Art and Politics of Science

Related Links

• National Cancer Institute

Segment produced by:Aleszu Bajak

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