Andrew Schally (1983)
Louisiana Legends
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Interview
Place Covered: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 1983
Duration: 00:27:02
Subjects: Schally, Andrew V. | Medicine -- Research | Scientific research | Health | Cancer | Nobel Prize winners
Contributors:
- Weill, Gus Host
- Fowler, Ken Producer
- Breazeale, Kathryn Producer
- Schally, Andrew Interviewee
Description
This episode of the series “Louisiana Legends” from 1983 features an interview with Dr. Andrew Schally conducted by Gus Weill. Schally, a researcher at Tulane University, won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1977. He discusses: receiving the initial phone call informing him that he had won the Nobel Prize; the award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden; how the award changed his life; his research into peptide hormone production in the brain; and the practical applications of his research, including the potential treatment of cancer.