Stanley Cohen

  • Vanderbilt University

    New fund honors spirit of Cohen’s innovative research

    When Tom Daniel, M.D., joined the Vanderbilt University faculty in December 1986, Stanley Cohen, Ph.D., had just been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of epidermal growth factor (EGF). Read More

    Aug 25, 2016

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    Choose Your Path

    We remember the footsteps of those who have left their mark on our country and world. Choose your own path and watch the 2013 Vanderbilt institutional spot. Read More

    Aug 29, 2013

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    VU study identifies new mechanism for cancer development

    Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center led by a 32-year-old postdoctoral fellow have discovered a new mechanism for the development of cancer that is challenging conventional scientific wisdom. Read More

    Jun 6, 2013

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    Nobel in Chemistry reveals VU ties that bind

    Several Vanderbilt researchers have collaborated with this year's Nobel Chemistry winners. Read More

    Oct 18, 2012

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    Looking Back

    Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, Emeritus, Stanley Cohen (image courtesy of Vanderbilt University Special Collections & University Archives) Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Russian Jewish emigrants in 1922, Stanley Cohen attended Brooklyn College, where he majored in biology and chemistry. After graduation, he worked as a bacteriologist at a milk… Read More

    Jan 1, 2012

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    Stanley Cohen’s Nobel Prize: 25 years of progress

    Twenty-five years after he received the Nobel Prize, Stanley Cohen’s discovery of epidermal growth factor continues to transform medicine. Read More

    Dec 9, 2011