| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| Year: | 1926 |
| Number: | 27 - 0 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Peyton Rous |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1879 |
| Year, Death: | 1970 |
| Profession: | MD |
| University: | Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller University) |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1966 |
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| Motivation: | Showed that malignant tumors could be caused by a filterable agent. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Karl Landsteiner |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1868 |
| Year, Death: | 1943 |
| Profession: | prof, dept head, Nobel Laureate med 1930 |
| University: | Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller University) |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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| Comments: |
Evaluation included W. Gye and K. Yamagiwa. |
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