There is a duality in recognising what an incredible disease it is - in terms of its origin, that it emerges out of a normal cell. It's a reminder of what a wonderful thing a normal cell is. In a very cold, scientific sense, I think a cancer cell is a kind of biological marvel.

Pharmacology is benefited by the prepared mind. You need to know what you are looking for.

When you immerse yourself in medicine you realise that hope is not absolute. It's not that simple.

It was Disney World fused with Cancerland.

Most days, I go home and I feel rejuvenated. I feel ebullient.

In Paris, friend of Bequerel’s, a young physicist-chemist couple named Pierre and Marie Curie, began to scour the natural world for even more powerful chemical sources of X-rays. Pierre and Marie (then Maria Sklodowska, a penniless Polish immigrant living in a garret in Paris) had met at the Sorbonne and been drawn to each other because of a common interest in magnetism.

Postwar U.S. was the world's leader in science and technology. The investment in science research was staggering.