Graduate student at the time of the discovery

David A. Hungerford

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Described by Nowell (2007) as a graduate student working at the Fox Chase Cancer Center who identified a characteristic small chromosome in the leukemic cells of two patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia; co-author with Peter Nowell of the 1960 report.

Milestones

1960 The Philadelphia chromosome: a consistent minute chromosome
1960 A minute chromosome found in chronic myeloid leukemia (1960)

Sources

Nowell PC. Discovery of the Philadelphia chromosome: a personal perspective. J Clin Invest. 2007;117(8):2033-5.
PubMed DOI
Nowell PC, Hungerford DA. A minute chromosome in human chronic granulocytic leukemia (abstract). Science. 1960;132:1497.