Researcher
Peyton Rous
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
Researcher at the Rockefeller Institute who in 1911 reported a chicken sarcoma transmissible by a cell-free filtrate, later called Rous sarcoma virus. He spent his research career at the Rockefeller Institute, was the longest-serving editor of the Journal of Experimental Medicine, and received the Nobel Prize in 1966.
Milestones
Sources
Weiss RA, Vogt PK. 100 years of Rous sarcoma virus. J Exp Med. 2011;208(12):2351-5.
Javier RT, Butel JS. The history of tumor virology. Cancer Res. 2008;68(19):7693-706.
Becsei-Kilborn E. Scientific discovery and scientific reputation: the reception of Peyton Rous' discovery of the chicken sarcoma virus. J Hist Biol. 2010;43(1):111-57.
NobelPrize.org. Peyton Rous - Facts. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1966. Nobel Prize Outreach. Web page read 2026-10-20.