Peyton Rous

Peyton Rous

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1966

The Rockefeller University

“for his discovery of tumour-inducing viruses”

Peyton Rous was an American pathologist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1966 for his discovery of tumour-inducing viruses.

Field
Biology · Cancer Research
Lifespan
1879–1970