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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.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1966 was divided equally between Peyton Rous "for his discovery of tumour-inducing viruses" and Charles Brenton Huggins "for his discoveries concerning hormonal treatment of prostatic cancer"
Peyton Rous was an American pathologist whose discovery of cancer-inducing viruses earned him a share of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1966. Rous was educated at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and at the University of Michigan.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.
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. Work.
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.
Feb 7, 2005 · In 1910, Peyton Rous identified a transmissible avian tumor virus, a discovery that began the journey from tumor virus biology to tumor biology itself.
