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Christian Boehmer Anfinsen

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Christian Anfinsen: Protein Folding and the Nobel Prize

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How are proteins made? How do they fold, and what role does structure play in their function? Chris Anfinsen's investigations answered these questions; they also led to a Nobel Prize.

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Photo of Michael Potter in his lab

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Michael Potter: The Work of Michael Potter

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Michael Potter investigated the twin questions of what causes cancer and how we produce the antibodies called immunoglobulins which protect us from disease.

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Marshall Nirenberg

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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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Photograph of Earl and Thressa Stadtman

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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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Photograph of Santiago Ramón y Cajal sitting at his drawing table with a microscope printed large on exhibit

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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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Building 31

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Buildings 29 and 29 A photographed from the front

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Biologics Regulation and Research: The People and Work of Buildings 29 & 29A

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Buildings 29 and 29A are nationally significant to the history of medicine and public health because within their laboratories National Institutes of Health (NIH) and then the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) staff helped to conquer some of the deadliest infectious diseases.

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Man sitting in laboratory conducting research.

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Canyon Creek Schoolhouse Laboratory 100thAnniversary

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The Canyon Creek Schoolhouse laboratory opened in 1921 to investigate how to treat or cure Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) and how to prevent people from getting it in the first place.

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Ida Bengtson peers through a microscope

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Early Women Scientists at NIH

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This page contains some resources about women scientists and researchers at the Hygienic Laboratory, later the National Institutes of Health.

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A woman is standing in front of the exhibit titled Rehabilitation with Bioengineering, which displays prosthetic devices, images and text

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NIBIB: Improving Health Through Emerging Technologies

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Learn about cutting-edge research funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.

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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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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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Windowed cabinet full of patches and paper descriptions

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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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Series of photos on display

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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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Numerous microscopes on display

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Microscopes

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

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Howard Bartner

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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

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Roscoe Brady & Gaucher's 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's disease answered all three questions.

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Rodbell sitting in a boat holding a camera

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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. For his work, he was awarded a Nobel Prize.

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Photo of Dr Bowman in the lab with SPF device

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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. This spectrophotofluorometer invented by Robert Bowman did just that.

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Woman holding a pregnancy test

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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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Image of an electron microscope on display in the Building 60 lobby

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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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hands can be seen assembling circuits on a breadboard

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Early Computing at the NIH

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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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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.