Philip Lawley
Appearance
Philip Lawley | |
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Born | Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England | 4 July 1927
Died | 18 December 2011 | (aged 84)
Citizenship | England |
Alma mater | University of Oxford University of Nottingham |
Known for | Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry |
Institutions | University of London Institute of Cancer Research University of Oxford University of Nottingham |
Philip Douglas Lawley (4 July 1927 – 18 December 2011 )[1] was a British chemist, best known for demonstrating that DNA damage was the base cause of cancer working with Peter Brookes.[1][2] In January 2003 the ICR honoured the achievements of Brookes and Lawley by naming a £21m laboratory after them. It is devoted to research on the genetic nature of cancer and located next to the Haddow laboratories.[3]
References
- ^ a b Venitt, Stanley; Phillips, David H. (2012). "Philip D. Lawley (1927–2011) Chemist who discovered that cancer is caused by damage to DNA". Nature. 482 (7383): 36. doi:10.1038/482036a. PMID 22297963.
- ^ "Professor Philip Lawley". Archived from the original on 2013-04-14.
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jan/23/philip-lawley