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Peyton Rous

nobel prize for medicine


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Peyton Rous
Full Name
of the recipient		Peyton Rous
AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year of Award1966
Share in Award50.0%
Award Shared withCharles Brenton Huggins (50.0%)
Motivation
for the Award		for his discovery of tumour-inducing viruses
Affiliation
at the Time of Award		Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
Place of BirthBaltimore, MD, United States USA
Date of Birth5 October 1879
Age
at the time of Award		86 years
Place of DeathNew York, NY, United States USA
Date of Death16 February 1972
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