Credit where due

The history of medicine is filled with stories of tireless researchers who failed to get credit for their hard work. Examples of this include Rosalind Franklin, who helped to elucidate the structure of DNA; Frederick Banting, who helped to discover insulin; and Jay McLean, who discovered heparin. Th...

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Published in:	Journal of vascular surgery Vol. 64; no. 2; pp. 530 - 533
Main Author:	Friedman, Steven G., MD, MBA
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01-08-2016
Subjects:	Biomedical Research - history Carrel Cooperative Behavior Correspondence as Topic - history Guthrie History, 20th Century Humans Nobel Prize Periodicals as Topic - history Personality Recognition (Psychology) Surgery Vascular Surgical Procedures - history
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Summary:	The history of medicine is filled with stories of tireless researchers who failed to get credit for their hard work. Examples of this include Rosalind Franklin, who helped to elucidate the structure of DNA; Frederick Banting, who helped to discover insulin; and Jay McLean, who discovered heparin. The founding of the field of vascular surgery provides one of the most vivid examples of uncredited work. Even though Alexis Carrel was an unpaid, untitled assistant in Charles Guthrie's laboratory, it was Carrel alone who received a Nobel Prize for their work. In an attempt to give credit where due, the reasons for this injustice are described.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Undefined-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 ObjectType-Biography-4
ISSN:	0741-5214 1097-6809
DOI:	10.1016/j.jvs.2016.04.033