Born: 1928-10-30
Profession: Scientist
Nation: American
Biography of Daniel Nathans
At every stage of my career I have had interesting and cordial colleagues, some of whom are close friends.
Tags: Career, Friends, StageThe glimpses of human strength and frailty that a physician sees are with me still.
Tags: Human, Physician, StrengthAnd of course, identifying all human genes and proteins will have great medical significance.
Tags: Great, Human, MedicalAs I look back on the last few decades of my life, I am struck by the good fortune that came my way.
Tags: Good, Last, LifeFirst of all, many human diseases are influenced by, if not caused by mutations in genes.
Tags: Genes, Human, InfluencedI also found out that I liked biochemical research and that I could do it.
Tags: Found, Liked, ResearchMy 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.
Tags: Age, Education, SchoolMy 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.
Tags: Freedom, Parents, UnitedPeople are not the only interesting organism on earth. From the point of view of scientific or commercial value, there are lots of interesting organisms.
Tags: Earth, Point, ValueSmall 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.
Tags: Life, Science, SmallSo 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.
Tags: Choice, Medical, School