I'm used to being surrounded by really smart 22-year-old students who have no problem saying that something I suggested is not a very good idea. Harold E. Varmus goodideaproblem Change image and share on social
In the 1960s and '70s, there wasn't much evidence at all. We knew vaguely the causes of cancer, but methods like genomics were very new. Harold E. Varmus 1960s70scancer Change image and share on social
Science can improve lives in ways that are elegant in design and moving in practice. Harold E. Varmus designelegantimprove Change image and share on social
In general, all cancers have been traditionally characterized by the way they appear under the microscope and the organs in which they arise. Harold E. Varmus arisecancercharacterize Change image and share on social
I was born in the shadow of World War II, on December 18, 1939, on the South Shore of Long Island, a product of the early -wentieth-century emigration of Eastern European Jewry to New York City and its environs. Harold E. Varmus bearcenturycity share on social
I believe that we are going to have a much deeper appreciation of what kinds of abnormalities in cancer cells and in the surrounding cells that feed and respond to cancers are vulnerabilities that will allow us to make better predictions of which kinds of drugs will work to treat these cancers. Harold E. Varmus abnormalityappreciationcancer share on social
In preparation for a career in academic medicine, I worked as a medical house officer at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital from 1966 to 1968 and then joined Ira Pastan's laboratory at the National Institutes of Health as a Clinical Associate. Harold E. Varmus academicassociatecareer share on social
Cancer is a collection of many diseases with common principles, and each disease will have to be understood and more effectively controlled on its own terms. Harold E. Varmus cancercollectioncommon Change image and share on social
Anyone graduating from medical school in 1966 had first to fulfill military service before launching a career. Fiercely opposed to the Vietnam War, I sought to avoid it through an assignment to the Public Health Service. Harold E. Varmus assignmentavoidcareer share on social
As an undergraduate at Amherst College, I was devoted to Dickensian novels and antiestablishment journalism while marginally fulfilling premedical requirements. Harold E. Varmus amherstantiestablishmentcollege Change image and share on social