Daniel M. Nathans M.D.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1978
Nobel co-recipients Werner Arber, Hamilton O. Smith
National Medal of Science – Biological Sciences 1993

Physician, Molecular Biologist – Genetics. Restriction enzymes and their application to molecular genetics. Groundwork for human genome project, drug insulin. Able administrator – high signal-to-noise ratio.

“Valuable internship year in medicine with masterful clinician Robert Loeb; The glimpses of human strength and frailty that a physician sees are still with me.“

Honoring Daniel M. Nathans

McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University.

University of Delaware. In 2005, the School of Medicine named one of its four colleges after Nathans. In that page please scroll do