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Daniel Nathans Biography

Daniel Nathans (October 30, 1928 – November 16, 1999) was an American microbiologist. He shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction enzymes.

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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.

Accessible, Applied, Choices, Lucky, School

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

Genes, Human, Identifying, Medical, Protein

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

Caused, Disease, Firsts, Genes, Human, Mutation

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.

Century, Opportunity, Parent, Parents, United, Years

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.

Fifteen, Order, Scientist, Senior, Small, Team

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

Careers, Close, Close Friends, Friends, Interesting, Stage

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.

Earth, Interesting, People, View, Views

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.

Jobs, Months, School, Schools, Summer, Wilmington

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

Frailty, Glimpse, Physicians, Sees, Strength

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

Back, Fortune, Lasts, Look, Looks, Way

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