NEW YORK, Sept 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met with Nobel laureate and famous cancer specialist Professor Harold Varmus and invited him to visit India to assist in health and public care research.
Interestingly, 74-year-old Varmus, currently director of the US National cancer Institute, had done his apprenticeship in a mission hospital in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh in 1960s. He received 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes.
During his 30-minute interaction with Modi, the two discussed a wide range of public health care issues, including those related to cancer research, vaccine and possibilities of research in India.
“The Prime Minister invited him to visit India on a regular basis. The professor congratulated Modi on the laws in India on anti-smoking,” the spokesperson Ministry of External Affairs told reporters.
Recollecting his India days in 1960s, Varmus also talked about how medicines have evolved since them. (PTI)
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