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Varmus

American  
[vahr-muhs] / ˈvɑr məs /

noun

  1. Harold Eliot 1939–, American molecular biologist.


Varmus Scientific  
/ värməs /
  1. American molecular biologist who, working with Michael Bishop, discovered oncogenes. For this work, Varmus and Bishop shared the 1989 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.


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"It is well known that cancer cells continue to evolve, especially to escape the pressure of effective treatments," said Dr. Varmus.

From Science Daily Feb. 8, 2024

His tenure was “complicated,” Varmus says, as Sharpless himself noted to The Washington Post.

From Science Magazine Apr. 4, 2022

But the NIH candidate could begin to learn the ropes as soon as they are named, Varmus says.

From Science Magazine Oct. 18, 2021

“He’s not so easily gotten rid of,” said Harold E. Varmus, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist who was director of the NIH and Fauci’s boss in the 1990s.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 29, 2020

Dr. Varmus and Dr. Wittes declined to comment.

From New York Times Dec. 31, 2018

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