
Robert Lefkowitz: A Soldier of Science
Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda
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Exactly. What Makes You Say, This Is a Good Bet?
Many scientists didn't believe receptors even exist, but they were trying to understand things. Their idea was that if you could somehow label these receptors with a radioactively labelled hormone or drug then you might be able to study them. They selected a particular hormon called a c t h which stimulates a wean wet wel what kind of hormon? Ha, ha, ha, a drino cortico trope hormon. Why dodn't you say s row? Exactly. That's what they call it. My job was to see if i could find a receptor for a c t.
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