Janet Davison Rowley, MD — research (human genetics)
Courtesy Janet Davison Rowley, MD, photograph by David Bentley Photography Inc.
In the early 1970s, Dr. Janet Rowley (1925–2013) identified a process of “translocation,” or the exchange of genetic material between chromosomes in patients with leukemia. This discovery, along with Dr. Rowley’s subsequent work on chromosomal abnormalities, has revolutionized the medical understanding of the role of genetic exchange and damage in causing disease.
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