In 1911, Peyton Rous, a Rockefeller physician, made a discovery with sweeping implications. Viruses can cause cancer. His findings laid the foundation for modern cancer biology. In 1966, Rous won a @nobelprize.org. #125YearsofRockefeller

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In 1928, Rebecca Lancefield discovered the M protein, the key to understanding how Streptococci-related diseases are acquired and spread. Over the next six decades, she classified thousands of strep strains. The Lancefield Grouping is still used today. #125YearsofRockefeller

In 1940, Karl Landsteiner made a discovery in his lab at Rockefeller with huge implications: his research revealed the Rh factor—an antigen on the surface of red blood cells that can cause severe complications during pregnancy.

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In 1943, Rockefeller’s Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty demonstrated that #DNA carries an organism’s genetic information. Their discovery launched a scientific revolution that’s placed genetics at the core of modern biomedical science.

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