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February 21, 2005 Volume 14 No. 4

Nobel Man
Whether working as a ringside doctor in Baltimore or planning for his new position as vice chancellor at Duke, Nobel laureate Peter C. Agre, M.D., reveals himself to be a man who follows his passions, trusts his instincts and is determined to do the right

Ask Vann Bennett to tell you something most people don’t know about Peter Agre, and he doesn’t hesitate. “Peter is probably the only Nobel laureate who was once a fight doctor,” says Bennett, M.D., Ph.D., the James B. Duke Professor of Cell Biology and Agre’s close friend since medical school.

Apparently Agre, as a young researcher at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, developed romantic notions about boxing after...

Peter Agre

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	Spoofing for a Good Cause The annual medical student and faculty show spoofs TV while raising money for Duke’s Tsunami Relief Fund. Ever wondered how accurately TV portrays the world of medicine? Or how accurately medicine...
	More Than 22,300 Faculty, Staff Enrolled in Duke Health Plans for 2005 In January, more than 22,300 faculty and staff began a new year participating in one of Duke’s...