D. Hatfield received his Ph.D. in the Genetics Foundation at the University of Texas at Austin and did postdoctoral work on protein purification in Dr. J. B. Wyngaarden's lab at Duke University Medical School, on genetic coding and protein synthesis in Dr. M. Nirenberg's lab at NIH, and on bacterial genetics in Dr. J. Monod's lab at the Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. He then came to NCI where he has continued a life-long interest in genetic coding and protein synthesis.
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Replenishment of selenium deficient rats with selenium results in redistribution of the selenocysteine tRNA population in a tissue specific manner. Selenium supplementation suppresses TNF a -induced human immunodeficiency virus type 1 replication in vitro. Molecular biology of selenium and its role in human health.