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Francis Peyton Rous ForMemRS (/ r aʊ s /; October 5, 1879 – February 16, 1970) was an American pathologist at the Rockefeller University known for his works in oncoviruses, blood transfusion and physiology of digestion.
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 · Francis Peyton Rous was a physician-scientist at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (later the Rockefeller University) for over sixty years. In 1966, Rous won the Nobel Prize for his 1910 discovery that a virus can cause cancer tumors.
Feb 7, 2005 · Reflecting on his career in his Nobel Prize lecture , Rous credited Linnaeus with opening a wide door for him into natural history, which eventually led him to his study of cancer. Rous, in turn, opened a wide door for countless others into the field of tumor biology.
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- 2005
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Rous’s fearless approach as head of Rockefeller’s Laboratory for Cancer Research resulted in a discovery that recast our most fundamental understanding of cancer, and won him the 1966 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Dec 27, 2017 · A pathologist at the Rockefeller Institute in New York City, Dr. Rous was known for having an interest in cancer. He took a biopsy of the lump and found it to be a sarcoma, a type of cancer that affects muscle or bone tissue. What he did next changed the course of cancer treatment.
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