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Interview with Dr. James Wyngaarden by Jennifer Midura

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Interview with Dr. James Wyngaarden by Jennifer Midura

James, Wyngaarden
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10161/1708
Date: 2006-12-08

Abstract:

Dr. James Wyngaarden served as director of the National Institutes of Health from 1982 until 1991. During his tenure, the NIH began its involvement in the Human Genome Project. He worked with Dr. James Watson to secure funding for the Project. In this interview, he discusses the Human Genome Project as well as his earlier academic career.

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The interview was a project of the Center for Public Genomics (http://www.genome.duke.edu/centers/cpg/).

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    These interviews were a project of the Center for Public Genomics (http://www.genome.duke.edu/centers/cpg/), funded by a grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute and the US Department of Energy (P50 HG003391).