Title: Medal winners : how the Vietnam War launched Nobel careers /
Authors: Greenberg, Raymond S.
Year: 2020
Subjects: Goldstein, Joseph L.; Brown, Michael S.,; Lefkowitz, Robert J.,; Varmus, Harold; Goldstein, Joseph L.; Brown, Michael S.,; Lefkowitz, Robert J.,; Varmus, Harold.; Brown, Michael S.,; Goldstein, Joseph L.; Lefkowitz, Robert J.,; Varmus, Harold; United States.; National Institutes of Health (U.S.).; Physicians United States Biography; Scientists United States Biography; Nobel Prize winners United States Biography.; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 United States Influence.; Physicians; Nobel Prize; Biomedical Research history; Government Agencies; Federal Government; History, 20th Century; History, 21st Century; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Nobel Prize winners; Physicians; Scientists; United States; United States
Contents: Annus horribilis : 1968 and America's conflict on two fronts -- Best in class : Goldstein, Varmus, Brown, Lefkowitz -- "My son, the doctor" : higher education in the era of quotas -- Yellow berets : the Vietnam "doctor draft" and NIH's clinical associate training program -- Campus life : learning science and serving the nation -- NIH's finest hour : Nirenberg cracks the genetic code -- Beginning at termination : Marshall Nirenberg and Joseph Goldstein -- Following the right path : Earl Stadtman -- In Earl's court : Earl Stadtman and Michael Brown -- Harmony in hormones : Ira Pastan and Jesse Roth -- Priest and prophet : Jesse Roth, Ira Pastan, and Robert Lefkowitz -- Overcoming repression : Ira Pastan and Harold Varmus -- The Texas two-step : Goldstein and Brown -- Adrenaline rush : Lefkowitz and the serpentine journey -- Infectious enthusiasm : Varmus and Bishop learn fowl lessons -- Epilogue.