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- Janet Davison Rowley (April 5, 1925 – December 17, 2013) was an American human geneticist and the first scientist to identify a chromosomal translocation as the cause of leukemia and other cancers, thus proving that cancer is a genetic disease.
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Janet Davison Rowley (April 5, 1925 – December 17, 2013) was an American human geneticist and the first scientist to identify a chromosomal translocation as the cause of leukemia and other cancers, thus proving that cancer is a genetic disease.
Janet Davison Rowley was born April 5, 1925 in New York City, the only child of Hurford and Ethel Davison. Her parents, both UChicago graduates, moved to Chicago when she was 2. Her father taught retail store management at the college level and her mother taught English in the public high schools.
This discovery, along with Dr. Rowley's subsequent work on chromosomal abnormalities, has revolutionized the medical understanding of the role of genetic exchange and damage in causing disease. Janet Davison was born in New York City in 1925, the only child born to Hurford and Ethel Ballantyne Davison, both of whom had earned advanced degrees.
Jan 22, 2014 · CHICAGO MEDICINE. Janet Davison was born in New York City on 5 April 1925 and spent most of her life in Chicago, Illinois. Encouraged by her mother, a high-school teacher and librarian, Janet...
- Brian J. Druker
- drukerb@ohsu.edu
- 2014
Apr 15, 2014 · Janet Davison Rowley was a pioneer, a humanitarian, and a legend. As the mother of the field of cytogenetics (or as she referred to herself in later years—its grandmother), she laid the foundation for modern cancer molecular genetics and targeted therapy for oncology. Yet, it was her impact as a wife, mother, mentor, teacher, and role model ...
Dec 21, 2013 · Dec. 20, 2013. Dr. Janet D. Rowley, a physician who four decades ago became the first person to show a conclusive link between certain genetic abnormalities and certain cancers, died on Tuesday...
Jan 13, 2014 · Janet D. Rowley, M.D., died on December 17, 2013, from complications of ovarian cancer. Speaking about her own cancer experience as recently as November when she accepted an award from the University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation, Janet said, “Cancer can be cured if we work hard enough.”
