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Apr 4, 2024 · Peyton Rous (born October 5, 1879, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.—died February 16, 1970, New York, New York) was an American pathologist whose discovery of cancer-inducing viruses earned him a share of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1966.
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May 29, 2018 · In 1966, Rous won the Nobel Prize for his 1910 discovery that a virus can cause cancer tumors. His other contributions to scientific medicine include creating the first blood bank, determining major functions of the liver and gall bladder, and identifying factors that initiate and promote malignancy in normal cells.
Peyton Rous’ speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1966. Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: –. In 1901 I was a student at The Johns Hopkins Medical School and knew enough to realize the great significance of Alfred Nobel’s effort to aid human progress by giving prizes, and to ...
Peyton Rous The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1966 . Born: 5 October 1879, Baltimore, MD, USA . Died: 16 February 1970, New York, NY, USA . Affiliation at the time of the award: Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA . Prize motivation: “for his discovery of tumour-inducing viruses” Prize share: 1/2
Nov 29, 2011 · On December 10, 1966, the American pathologist and cancer researcher Francis Peyton Rous (1879–1970) (Fig. 1.1 ), professor emeritus at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, New York, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine “for his discovery of tumor-inducing viruses.”
- Volker Wunderlich, Peter Kunze
- 2012
In 1966 he received the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine for his discovery that viruses cause cancer. His major breakthrough occurred in 1910, when he began an experiment to determine whether chickens could contract cancer from each other.
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(1879–1970) US pathologist who pioneered cancer research and discovered that cancer can be caused by a virus, though his work was not recognized until fifty-six years later when he was awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
