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Varmus

American  
[vahr-muhs] / ˈvɑr məs /

noun

  1. Harold Eliot 1939–, American molecular biologist.


Varmus Scientific  
/ vär′məs /
  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

“She will have plenty of problems on her plate,” says cancer researcher Harold Varmus, who headed NIH in the 1990s.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 6, 2023

Woolley and Varmus both served on a committee of biomedical research leaders that recently pondered the M.D. question.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 18, 2021

“In any case, I don’t think we’re in that kind of danger,” Varmus said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2020

Dr. Baselga is not the only leading researcher to have maintained extensive ties to the drug and health care companies — as some also did under Dr. Varmus.

From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2018

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