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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1966

"for his discovery of tumour-inducing viruses"
"for his discoveries concerning hormonal treatment of prostatic cancer"
Peyton Rous Charles Brenton Huggins
Peyton Rous Charles Brenton Huggins
half 1/2 of the prize half 1/2 of the prize
USA USA
Rockefeller University
New York, NY, USA		 University of Chicago, Ben May Laboratory for Cancer Research
Chicago, IL, USA
b. 1879
d. 1970		 b. 1901
d. 1997
 
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