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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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Christian Boehmer Anfinsen

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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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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: 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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About the NIH Stetten Museum and Its Exhibits

The DeWitt Stetten Jr. Museum of Medical Research, established in 1986, preserves and interprets the material culture of the scientific work of the NIH.  In conjunction with the broader Office of NIH History, the Stetten Museum collects biomedical research instruments, photographs, videos, journals, or oral histories, as well as objects related to the general history of the NIH, including architectural artifacts, artwork, and clothing.

Through onsite and online exhibits, the Stetten Museum brings these materials to life to inform the public of the breadth and significance of research performed at the NIH, the world's largest research entity dedicated to biomedical and behavioral research and training.

Our exhibits are displayed across the NIH Bethesda campus.

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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

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was Santiago Ramón y Cajal.

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 Howard Bartner & 40 Years of Medical Illustration

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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

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, 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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Scientific and Biomedical Instruments and other "Things"

the spectrophotofluorometer invented by Robert Bowman.

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A Thin Blue Line: The

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History of the Pregnancy Test Kit

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Discover the history of the home pregnancy

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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.Image Added

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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


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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

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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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