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Ludwik Gross

Polish-American virologist · United States · On the map · Doctors · Lived 1904 to 1999 · aged 94

Ludwik Gross was a Polish-American virologist who discovered two different tumor viruses - murine leukemia virus and mouse polyomavirus - capable of causing cancers in laboratory mice.

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1999Died19 July 19991978Leopold Griffuel PrizeAwardPaul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter PrizeAward1977AACR-G.H.A. Clowes Award for Outstanding Basic Cancer ResearchAward1975William B. Coley AwardAward1974Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical ResearchAward1904Born11 September 1904

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Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize1978
Leopold Griffuel Prize1978
AACR-G.H.A. Clowes Award for Outstanding Basic Cancer Research1977
William B. Coley Award1975
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research1974

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United States
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1904 to 1999 · aged 94