Author: Qiong Wang

  • Twenty-four visits to Stockholm: a concise history of the Rockefeller Nobel Prizes

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    Part IX: F. Peyton Rous, 1966 Prize in Physiology or Medicine  By Joseph Luna “Whatever you do, don’t commit yourself to the cancer problem.” These were ominous words for a young pathologist named Peyton Rous to hear from his famed mentor William Welch. In the early 1900s, it seemed accurate. Cancer, then as now, is…

  • Nikola Tesla

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    By Aileen Marshall Who was Nikola Tesla? Does this name ring a bell somewhere in your brain but you can’t quite place him? Wasn’t he some sort of scientist? The showing of the movie “Tower to the People: Tesla’s Dream at Wardenclyffe” by the Rockefeller Science Communications and Media Group inspired me to find out.…

  • Cancer immunotherapy: how to shoot a target moving faster than a bullet?

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    By Jun Tang One out of every two men and one in three women will be affected by cancer in their lifetimes. Cancer devastates the people it afflicts, traumatizes their family and friends, and puzzles scientists and physicians who dedicate their lives to understanding and fighting the disease. When President Richard Nixon signed the National…

  • Culture Corner

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    The Elegant Movie – Thoughts on the films The Theory of Everything and The Imitation Game By Bernie Langs [Note: Professor John Nash, featured in this set of reviews, passed away tragically in an auto accident as this article was going to press.] The physicist Brian Greene named his widely successful book, which served as…

  • Quotable quote

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    “The legendary cellist Pablo Casals was asked why he continued to practice at age 90. ‘Because I think I’m making progress,’ he replied.” From The Little Red Book of New York Wisdom. Copyright 2011 by Gregg Stebben and Jason Katzman, Skyhorse Publishing, with an Introduction by Former Mayor Ed Koch. Send in interesting quotes to be included…

  • Technophilia

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    By Arthur Rothste in and George Barany George Barany is a Rockefeller alum (1977) currently on the faculty of the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities. Arthur Rothstein is a software pathologist and plumber in San Francisco. Some 45 years ago, they were teammates on the Stuyvesant High School Math Team. For more about this specific puzzle,…

  • Life on a Roll

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    By Elodie Pauwels http://elodiepphoto.wordpress.com Spring has arrived early in France this year. I was lucky to spend a few days outdoors with my camera to (re)discover three parks in the suburbs of Paris. While the Parc de Saint-Cloud allows the walker to enjoy a stunning view of Paris, quiet or crowded plots alternate in the…

  • For Your Consideration – Crystal Ball Edition

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    By Jim Keller The early part of the Oscar race is a moving target. There are a few awards stops along the way: Sundance, SXSW, and Cannes, to name a few, but by and large spitballing what may come down the slippery slope of the Oscar pike is tricky. For one, a lot of the…

  • Biography of an Amazing Artist

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    By Susan Russo Based on a personal story from his granddaughter and the website www.luisada.com Avigdor Renzo Luisada was born in Florence, Italy, in 1905, third son of a secular Jewish family. His father was a prominent doctor and his older brother became a cardiologist in the United States. Luisada’s grandfather was an Italian painter,…

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    Part VIII: Joshua Lederberg, 1958 Prize in Physiology or Medicine  By Joseph Luna “You say [it was] a wonderful scientific achievement?” said Paul Ehrlich. “My dear colleague, for seven years of misfortune I had one moment of good luck!” Joshua Lederberg, then only 13 or so, read these final lines of The Microbe Hunters and…