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  2. Yvonne Barr - Wikipedia

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    Yvonne Margaret Balding [2] [3] (née Barr; [2] 11 March 1932 – 13 February 2016) [3] was an Irish virologist who co-discovered the Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), [4] [5] which, because it identified a virus as a cause of cancer in humans, has been called "one of the 20th century's most significant scientific discoveries."

  3. History of cancer - Wikipedia

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    His contemporary Nicolaes Tulp believed that cancer was a poison that slowly spreads, and concluded that it was contagious. [6] In the 1600s, cancer was vulgarly called "the wolf[e]". [7] The first cause of cancer was identified by British surgeon Percivall Pott, who discovered in 1775 that cancer of the scrotum was a common disease among ...

  4. Otto Heinrich Warburg - Wikipedia

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    Signed drawings of Otto Warburg by Manuel Rosenberg for the Cincinnati Post 1922. Otto Heinrich Warburg (German pronunciation: [ˈɔto ˈvaːɐ̯bʊʁk] ⓘ, / ˈ v ɑːr b ɜːr ɡ /; 8 October 1883 – 1 August 1970) was a German physiologist, medical doctor, and Nobel laureate.

  5. List of biologists - Wikipedia

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    Research on prostate cancer. Discovered prostate-specific antigen (PSA) which led to the development of the PSA test; Erik Acharius (1757–1819), Swedish botanist [1] who studied lichens; Gary Ackers (1939–2011), American biophysicist who worked on thermodynamics of macromolecules.

  6. Linus Pauling - Wikipedia

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    Cancer and Vitamin C: A Discussion of the Nature, Causes, Prevention, and Treatment of Cancer With Special Reference to the Value of Vitamin C. Camino. ISBN 978-0-940159-21-1. —— (1998). Linus Pauling On Peace: A Scientist Speaks Out on Humanism and World Survival. Rising Star Press. ISBN 978-0-933670-03-7. Hoffer, Abram; —— (2004).

  7. List of immunologists - Wikipedia

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    Eva Engvall (1940-), one of the scientists who invented ELISA in 1971. Anthony Fauci (1940-) Denise Faustman (1958-), Type 1 diabetes; William Frankland (1912-2020), popularisation of the UK pollen count, and prediction of increased penicillin allergy; Ian Frazer (1953-), development of a cervical cancer vaccine

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  9. Edward Jenner - Wikipedia

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    Edward Jenner (17 May 1749 – 26 January 1823) was an English physician and scientist who pioneered the concept of vaccines and created the smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The terms vaccine and vaccination are derived from Variolae vaccinae ('pustules of the cow'), the term devised by Jenner to denote cowpox .