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  2. 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.

  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. Warburg hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    Scientist Otto Warburg, whose research activities led to the formulation of the Warburg hypothesis for explaining the root cause of cancer.. The Warburg hypothesis (/ ˈ v ɑːr b ʊər ɡ /), sometimes known as the Warburg theory of cancer, postulates that the driver of carcinogenesis (cancer formation) is insufficient cellular respiration caused by insult (damage) to mitochondria. [1]

  5. James Watson - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 January 2025. American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist (born 1928) For other people named James Watson, see James Watson (disambiguation). James Watson Watson in 2012 Born James Dewey Watson (1928-04-06) April 6, 1928 (age 96) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Education University of Chicago (BS ...

  6. John Kanzius - Wikipedia

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    Kanzius, self-taught, stated that he was motivated to research the subject of cancer treatment by his own experiences undergoing chemotherapy for treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] He died of B-cell leukemia with complications from pneumonia without seeing FDA approval and commercialization of his invention.

  7. Cancer research - Wikipedia

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    Scientists involved in cancer research may be trained in areas such as chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, physiology, medical physics, epidemiology, and biomedical engineering. Research performed on a foundational level is referred to as basic research and is intended to clarify scientific principles and mechanisms.

  8. Paul Ehrlich - Wikipedia

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    Paul Ehrlich (German: [ˈpaʊl ˈʔeːɐ̯lɪç] ⓘ; 14 March 1854 – 20 August 1915) was a Nobel Prize-winning German physician and scientist who worked in the fields of hematology, immunology and antimicrobial chemotherapy.

  9. Raymond Damadian - Wikipedia

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    Damadian discovered that tumors and normal tissue can be distinguished in vivo by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) because of their prolonged relaxation times, both T 1 (spin-lattice relaxation) or T 2 (spin-spin relaxation). Damadian was the first to perform a full-body scan of a human being in 1977 to diagnose cancer.