Harold Varmus(Nobel Prize winner) Endorses Obama

[RedEarth]

Harold Varmus won a Nobel Prize for his cancer research, ran the NIH for seven years under Bill Clinton, and is now in charge of Sloan Kettering. He's a brilliant scientist, a mensch, an advocate for opening up vast troves of scientific information---and now a supporter of Barack Obama.

His endorsement should mean a lot. He's become one of the nation's great public explainers of science, and he understands the need for scientists to stand up when reason and research conflict with politics---as has happened repeatedly on issues like stem cells, climate change, and evolution. He knows that people concerned about scientific progress should be concerned about who's elected president.

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/02/harold-varmus-e.html

[Bread and Circus]

1. Awesome he is from my medical school University of California/San Francisco!!!

[MH1]

2. Cool. Another substantive real person endorsement.

Lawrence Lessig.

Bill McKibben.

Harold Varmus.

I'm sure there's more but I just started noticing...these are leading lights in their fields. NOT politicians or politicians' family members.

These endorsements might actually matter.

[Adelante]

3. I'm impressed

:)

[NC_Nurse]

4. That's wonderful.

I think a lot of medical people are getting behind Obama! :D

[Renew Deal]

5. They should melt his nobel prize and use it for tooth fillings

:evilgrin:

[Colobo]

6. Another passenger in the O-Train!

[Barack_America]

7. Awesome! I met him. Varmus is a true intellectual...

...and a profound thinker. He's an absolute pioneer in cancer research.

His endorsement means a lot to me.