[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 159 (Friday, November 16, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2114]
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               REGARDING NOBEL LAUREATE DR. LEE HARTWELL

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                           HON. DOC HASTINGS

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 16, 2001

  Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
and honor Dr. Lee Hartwell, the 2001 Nobel Prize winner in the field of 
medicine.
  Each year the Nobel Prize for Medicine is awarded to those who have 
made important discoveries within the domain of physiology or medicine 
with the greatest benefit on mankind. I would like to take this 
opportunity to congratulate the 2001 award winner Dr. Lee Hartwell, 
President and Director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 
located in Washington state. I'm proud that innovative research, like 
that done by Dr. Hartwell, is being conducted in my home state.
  Dr. Lee Hartwell, a pioneering geneticist, was awarded the Nobel 
Prize for Medicine for his discoveries concerning control of the cell 
cycle. For three decades Dr. Hartwell has conducted research on cell 
division and has identified molecules that regulate cell division. It's 
this kind of knowledge that is key to understanding how cancer cells 
mutate and developing approaches to reverse or prevent that mutation.
  With an estimated 24,800 new cancer cases in Washington state alone 
this year, it's clear that many people will benefit from the hard-work 
and commitment of Dr. Hartwell.
  Thank you for this opportunity to recognize Dr. Hartwell. His 
discoveries have tremendous implications for life saving cancer 
therapies and will have an impact on cancer patients and their families 
for generations to come.

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