Anthony Epstein
Anthony Epstein · Science & Medicine
Pathologist who co-discovered the Epstein-Barr virus, the first virus linked to human cancer.
1921, London, England — 2024, London, England
United Kingdom
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Sir Anthony Epstein was a British pathologist and virologist who, with Yvonne Barr and Bert Achong, co-discovered the Epstein–Barr virus in 1964, the first virus shown to cause a human cancer (Burkitt lymphoma). He was Jewish, and his discovery opened the field of tumor virology, later linked to several other cancers and diseases. He was knighted and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, and lived to age 102.
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Pathologist who co-discovered the Epstein-Barr virus, the first virus linked to human cancer.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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