In 2012 and 2013, bexarotene researchers reported that bexarotene reduced amyloid plaque and improved mental functioning in a small sample of mice engineered to exhibit Alzheimer's-like symptoms and the findings were promoted in the media.
â¢ Significance: â¢ Professor is a job title while Doctor only signifies that the person has passed his Ph.D. â¢ There can be Professors even in the fraternity of the medical world as they are doctors who become eligible to teach to junior doctors.
Scientist is a position as much as a credential. NdGT has every right, by virtue of his PhD, to continue to be addressed as Dr. Tyson.. But I still don't think that makes him a scientist. A retired MD might still be a doctor, but I'm not convinced they're still a physician.