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Discovery of Cancer Genes

United States of America · Science / Physiology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1989

Harold Varmus1989

Science / Physiology

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physiology, discovers defective genes which cause cancer

Names involved

Harold Varmus

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