Janet Rowley

Janet Davison Rowley (April 5, 1925 - December 17, 2013) was an American geneticist. She was the first scientist to identify a chromosomal translocation as the cause of leukemia and other cancers in humans.

Rowley died at the age of 88 from complications of ovarian cancer. 

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Category:1925 births
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Category:Cancer deaths in Chicago
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Category:American geneticists
Category:Scientists from New York City