Jacob Robbins; NIH Scientist Known for Thyroid Research Posted on May 17th
Jacob Robbins first set foot on the eighth floor of the Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health in 1954. Claiming one of only two working labs available to him in the year-old hospital, he immediately launched what would become groundbreaking work on the function of the thyroid and the treatment of thyroid cancer, particularly cancer caused by exposure to radioactivity. Read more Tagged as Obituaries News Review | No Comments » | Continue
Larry Levine
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Busy consultant generous with time
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Duane R. Hardy; worked for peace and civil rights
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Super publicist Warren Cowan dies in Los Angeles (AP)
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Colin Murdoch, 79; Invented Disposable Syringe, Safety Cap
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Jeff Torrington
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No limits on art
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Charles H. Groom III, 83, darkroom technician
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Actor John Phillip Law, angel in ‘Barbarella,’ dies at 70 (AP)
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Jack Gibson
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1st openly gay member of Illinois legislature
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An anarchic talent: Robert Rauschenberg, 1925-2008
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Emir who briefly ruled Kuwait dies at age 78 (AP)
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Innovative Mind Found Art in the Unwanted
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