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| (Francis) Peyton Rous | |
 Francis Peyton Rous
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| Born | October 5, 1879 Baltimore, Maryland |
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| Died | February 16, 1970 New York City |
| Nationality | United States |
| Fields | virology |
| Known for | oncoviruses |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1966) |
(Francis) Peyton Rous (October 5, 1879 – February 16, 1970) born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1879 and received his B.A. and M.D. from Johns Hopkins University. He was involved in the discovery of the role of viruses in the transmission of certain types of cancer. In 1966 he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work.
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- Raju, T N (Aug. 1999). "The Nobel chronicles. 1966: Francis Peyton Rous (1879-1970) and Charles Brenton Huggins (1901-97)". Lancet 354 (9177): 520. PMID 10465213.
- Dulbecco, R (. 1976). "Francis Peyton Rous". Biographical memoirs. National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) 48: 275-306. PMID 11615657.
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- "Francis Peyton Rous, M.D. Johns Hopkins" (Feb. 1970). Lancet 1 (7644): 477. PMID 4189793.
- Sulek, K (Jun. 1969). "[Nobel prize for Francis Peyton Rous in 1966 for the discovery of carcinogenic viruses and for Charles Huggins for the introduction of hormones for treatment of neoplasms]". Wiad. Lek. 22 (12): 1161-2. PMID 4896432.
- Datta, R K; Datta B (Jan. 1967). "Nobel prize winners in medicine". Journal of the Indian Medical Association 48 (1): 41-2. PMID 5342283.
- Graffi, A (Dec. 1966). "[Francis Peyton Rous]". Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. 91 (51): 2309-10. PMID 5333372.
- Kreyberg, L (Nov. 1966). "[Nobel prize in physiology and medicine 1966 (Rous FP)]". Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen. 86 (22): 1565. PMID 4859882.
- "Nobel Prize" (Oct. 1966). British medical journal 2 (5520): 964. PMID 4288667.
- RHOADS, C P (Apr. 1959). "Citation and presentation of the Academy Medal to F. Peyton Rous". Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 35 (4): 216-9. PMID 13629203.
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