The Wellcome Foundation Offered Me The Chance To Establish A Small Academic Research Unit, Modestly Funded, But With Total Independence. The Real Opportunity, However, Came From King's College, London. - SearchQuotes

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The Wellcome Foundation offered me the chance to establish a small academic research unit, modestly funded, but with total independence. The real opportunity, however, came from King's College, London.

James W Black

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