Author: Harold E. Varmus

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When I was the NIH director, I often expressed envy of institute directors: they had the money and ran the scientific programmes.

When I was the NIH director, I often expressed envy of institute directors: they had the money and ran the scientific programmes.

- Harold E. Varmus

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.

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

A major feature of life at the NIH in late 1960s was the extraordinary offering of evening courses for physicians attempting to become scientists as they neared thirty.

A major feature of life at the NIH in late 1960s was the extraordinary offering of evening courses for physicians attempting to become scientists as they neared thirty.

- Harold E. Varmus

When high school students ask to spend their afternoons and weekends in my laboratory, I am amazed: I didn't develop that kind of enthusiasm for science until I was 28 years old.

When high school students ask to spend their afternoons and weekends in my laboratory, I am amazed: I didn't develop that kind of enthusiasm for science until I was 28 years old.

- Harold E. Varmus

I had learned that science is a rewarding, active process of discovery, not the passive absorption of what others had discovered.

I had learned that science is a rewarding, active process of discovery, not the passive absorption of what others had discovered.

- Harold E. Varmus

I saw my friends in medical school seeming to be more engaged with the real world. That provoked a sort of jealousy, and I decided to go to medical school after all.

I saw my friends in medical school seeming to be more engaged with the real world. That provoked a sort of jealousy, and I decided to go to medical school after all.

- Harold E. Varmus

Tobacco, UV rays, viruses, heredity, and age are the main causes of cancer.

Tobacco, UV rays, viruses, heredity, and age are the main causes of cancer.

- Harold E. Varmus

I keep encouraging the pharmaceutical companies to put more money into R&D.

I keep encouraging the pharmaceutical companies to put more money into R&D.

- Harold E. Varmus

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