During my six years with them Dr Garnet Davey (subsequently Research Director) constantly supported me and, I have no doubt, fought many battles on my behalf to keep the initially controversial programme going. — James W. Black Copy Share Image
The Wellcome Foundation offered me the chance to establish a small academic research unit, modestly funded, but with total independence. The real opportunity, however,… — James W. Black Copy Share Image
I had found myself a new mission - and once more my recurring dilemma between corporate commercial needs and personal scientific ambitions was solved… — James W. Black Copy Share Image
In teaching, I wanted to offer a general pharmacology course based on chemical principles, biochemical classification and mathematical modelling. In the event I achieved… — James W. Black Copy Share Image
All I ever promised was that I was sure I could develop a new pharmacological agent which might answer a physiological question. Any utility… — James W. Black Copy Share Image
The outcome, the fourth in an issue of five boys born into a staunch Baptist home, meant that from the beginning I was taught… — James W. Black Copy Share Image
During my six years with them Dr Garnet Davey (subsequently Research Director) constantly supported me and, I have no doubt, fought many battles on… — James W. Black Copy Share Image
Half-jokingly, I asked what was wrong with me. So we made a deal: I would run his biological research provided I had a free… — James W. Black Copy Share Image
