My goal was to develop into an independent research scientist studying clinical problems at the laboratory bench, but I felt that postgraduate… — Peter Agre Copy Share Image
Now a cholera epidemic was sweeping through Southeast Asia and south Asia in the early 1970s, so I started medical school and… — Peter Agre Copy Share Image
Every cell in our body is primarily water. But the water doesn't just sit in the cell, it moves through it in a very… — Peter Agre Copy Share Image
One of my motivations to become a blood specialist was to study malaria in red blood cells. But in science, you discover something and… — Peter Agre Copy Share Image
For me, the discovery of aquaporins was like a gift after 25 years in basic science. — Peter Agre Copy Share Image
Written in 1895, Alfred Nobel's will endowed prizes for scientific research in chemistry, physics, and medicine. At that time, these fields were narrowly defined,… — Peter Agre Copy Share Image
In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, a bill opening one half million square miles of territory in the western United States for settlement. — Peter Agre Copy Share Image
Well, my take was people of Minnesota, these are good people. They're in many ways more generous than other parts of the country. They're… — Peter Agre Copy Share Image
I think there's nothing about evolution in the Bible; I think this is a statement of religious insecurity. But people have their beliefs. — Peter Agre Copy Share Image
Dad was a chemistry professor at Saint Olaf College in Minnesota, then Oxford College in Minnesota, and a very active member of the American… — Peter Agre Copy Share Image
