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DEWITT STETTEN, JR.
Pages 333-346

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... research programs. Through his pioneering use of heavy isotopes as labels of various molecules, Stetten was one of the first investigators to obtain quantitative assessment of the dynamic relationship of interconversions between various molecules in intact biological systems.
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... the Horace Mann School, an experimental school associates! with Columbia University in New York City.
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... Surgeons of Columbia University. EARLY RESEARCH TRAINING After his internship en c!
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... medicine, eventually becoming chief of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, from which he became a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco. Stetten's research on gouty arthritis began in Boston with his use of heavy isotope labeling of uric acid to determine the pool size en c!
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... DEAN OF RUTGERS UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL In 1962 Stetten left NIH to serve as the founcling clean of the Rutgers University School of Medicine soon to be launcher! in Nutley, New Jersey.
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... as chairman of the recombinant DNA advisory committee. In response to concerns in the scientific community about potential ciangers in biotechnology research, Stetten's committee drafted guiclelines for scientists using the new techniques.
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... clinical research activities. He also initiates!
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... (Biochemistry) , Columbia University SPECIAL TRAINING OR EXPERIENCE 1934-37 Intern, Resident, Bellevue Hospital, New York City 1947-49 Associate in medicine, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston 1952-53 Study Section on Nutrition and Metabolism, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Bethesda, Md.
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... ; Vice-President, 1962 National Academy of Sciences, 1974 American Society of Biological Chemists Harvey Society Phi Beta Kappa Alpha Omega Alpha Sigma Xi
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... Salcedo. The effect of chain length of the dietary fatty acid upon the fatty liver of choline deficiency.
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From page 343...
... A simultaneous study of glycine Ni5 incorporation into uric acid and heme, and of Fe59 utilization, in a case of gout associated with polycythemia secondary to congenital heart disease.
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From page 344...
... Science 160:3834. 1971 Projected changes in medical school curriculum.
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... 25:228. 1978 345 Valedictory by the chairman of the NIH Recombinant DNA Molecule Program Advisory Committee (editorial)
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