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Peter Nowell

American cancer researcher (1928-2016) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 88

Peter Carey Nowell was a cancer researcher and co-discoverer of the Philadelphia chromosome. At the time of his death, he was the Gaylord P. and Mary Louise Harnwell Emeritus Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

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2016Died26 December 20162014Fellow of the AACR AcademyAward2013Albany Medical Center PrizeAward2010Benjamin Franklin MedalAward1998Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research AwardAward1989Charles S. Mott PrizeAward1928Born8 February 1928

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Awards

Fellow of the AACR Academy2014
Albany Medical Center Prize2013
Benjamin Franklin Medal2010
Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award1998
Charles S. Mott Prize1989

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1928 to 2016 · aged 88