MERCK'S NEW ALCHEMIST

摘要

As a hotshot scientist at the Cam-bridge (Mass.)-based Whitehead In -stitute during the 1990s, Peter S. Kim never let minor obstacles stand in his way. Whitehead, the renowned bio-medical research center affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, didn't have quick access to powerful X-ray technology for Kim's protein structure research. So he persuaded higher-ups to foot the multimillion-dollar bill for new equipment that would allow immediate use of the super-powerful X-ray source at the government's Argonne National Laboratory. "His influence carried weight up to the highest levels," says Phillip A. Sharp, a Nobel laureate and biologist who is a professor at MIT, where Kim also taught.