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Marshall Nirenberg: Deciphering the Genetic Code

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Explore the Nobel Prize-winning work of Marshall Nirenberg, who deciphered the genetic code with the help of NIH colleagues, enabling genetics to become a central scientific field.

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The Stadtman Way: A Tale of Two Biochemists at NIH

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The scientific power couple of Thressa and Earl Stadtman developed a unique way to train scientists; they each made significant scientific contributions too.

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Santiago Ramón y Cajal: The Beginnings of Modern Neuroscience

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Learn about the first person to describe the nervous system, including intricate neurons, in exquisite and artistic detail was Santiago Ramón y Cajal.

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Joseph Goldberger & the War on Pellagra

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Dr. Joseph Goldberger discovered the cause of pellagra, a disease that killed many poor Southerners in the early part of the 20th century. His finding that pellagra was caused by a diet deficient in vitamin B was met by political and social resistance.

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Margaret Pittman

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Margaret Pittman arrived at NIH in 1936, beginning a career that would span 57 years and make her an internationally renowned expert on vaccines and serums, as well as the first female laboratory chief at the NIH.

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Building 60

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Building 1

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Changing Times

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Who would think that coloring books would provide a glimpse at nearly 40 years of Clinical Center history, each reflecting changing times and telling their own stories about the people who created them?

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Building 10

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Pretty Patches

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Because employees designed these patches, they reveal how people thought about their work at the Clinical Center—sometimes as a heroic struggle and sometimes with humor.

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Building 10, 1st floor, near the hospitality desk.

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Harry Truman

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See photo albums from the 1948 Open House at NIH, which helped explain the Clinical Center concept to the public, and President Harry Truman's laying of the hospital's cornerstone in 1951.

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Microscopes

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Learn about the scientists behind their microscopes and the vasy array of microscopes used at the NIH.

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Howard Bartner & 40 Years of Medical Illustration

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Howard Bartner, an NIH medical illustrator, devoted 40 years to portraying human anatomy in his drawings.

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Roscoe Brady & Gaucher Disease

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Is there a disease? What causes it? Can we prevent, treat, or cure it? Roscoe Brady's research into Gaucher disease answered all three questions.

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Martin Rodbell: How Cells Respond to Signals

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Studying hormones, Martin Rodbell discovered how cells respond to signals, explaining how our body makes sense of the world and winning a Nobel Prize.

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The AMINCO-Bowman Spectrophotofluorometer

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The colorful glow of fluorescent chemicals can identify and measure tiny amounts of substances in the body in the spectrophotofluorometer invented by Robert Bowman.

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A Thin Blue Line: The History of the Pregnancy Test Kit

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Discover the history of the home pregnancy test—developed at the NIH—and examine its place in our culture.

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Sap from the poppy Papover somniferum (pictured below) has been used for thousands of years to relieve pain and treat symptoms of diseases.

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Drugs as Opiates, Drugs as Research Tools: Synthetic Opiates & Opioids

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Learn how the NIH Total Opiate Synthesis freed us from dependence upon flowers for painkillers and opened the door to new ones.

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Siemens 1-A Electron Microscope

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All sorts of viruses were visualized for the first time on this Siemens 1-A Electron Microscope used by Albert Kapikian.

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Varian A-60 NMR

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The Varian A-60 NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) spectrometer was the first low-cost instrument of its kind, producing a magnetic resonance image (MRI) that NIH scientists used to study topics such as how the brain develops as children grow.

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Early Computing at the NIH

This snapshot of some of the computing tools used in NIH labs highlights objects that are now in the NIH Stetten Museum collection.

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Early Medical Instruments at the NIH

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See a cross-section of precision instruments from our collection used at NIH between 1945 and 1965.

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Equal Arm Analytical Balances

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Discover one of the most important tools in furthering our understanding of human biology and medicine dating back to 5,000 B.C.

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Medical Posters

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Discover a collection of 24 medical posters drawn by artists at the NIH, representing topics from arthritis to women's health.

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Converging Pathways of Pain Research at NIDCR

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Pain is a universally known and feared human condition, but it's also one of the least understood. Learn about NIH research on different facets of pain.

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Marshall Nirenberg: Deciphering the Genetic Code

The Stadtman Way: A Tale of Two Biochemists at NIH

Santiago Ramón y Cajal: The Beginnings of Modern Neuroscience

Joseph Goldberger & the War on Pellagra

Margaret Pittman

Changing Times

Pretty Patches

Harry Truman

Microscopes

Howard Bartner & 40 Years of Medical Illustration

Roscoe Brady & Gaucher Disease

Martin Rodbell: How Cells Respond to Signals

The AMINCO-Bowman Spectrophotofluorometer

A Thin Blue Line: The History of the Pregnancy Test Kit

Drugs as Opiates, Drugs as Research Tools: Synthetic Opiates & Opioids

Siemens 1-A Electron Microscope

Varian A-60 NMR

Early Computing at the NIH

Early Medical Instruments at the NIH

Equal Arm Analytical Balances

Medical Posters

Converging Pathways of Pain Research at NIDCR

Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum