science · 23 February 1914 · 111 years ago
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Born 23 Feb 1914; died 26 Aug 1998 at age 84.
American virologist whose theory that certain genes, which he called oncogenes, are involved in cancer focused researchers' attention on finding them. His investigations paved the way for the discovery of viral causes of cancers and several other serious diseases and for the development of a number of vaccines and treatments
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