Laureate

Peyton Rous

1879–1974 · United States · Male

Awards

  1. 1958

    Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

    Biology

    For contributions concerning the causes of cancers, the source of antibodies, and the mechanism of blood cell generation and destruction in human beings.

  2. 1966

    Nobel Prize — Medicine

    Biology

    for his discovery of tumour-inducing viruses