Researcher, University of Pennsylvania faculty from 1956

Peter C. Nowell

University of Pennsylvania

Joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania in 1956 and, with David Hungerford, reported a minute chromosome in chronic myelogenous leukemia in 1960. Author of a 2007 personal perspective on the discovery of the Philadelphia chromosome.

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.