Ludwik Gross

Ludwik Gross (September 11, 1904 - July 19, 1999) was a Polish-American virologist who discovered two different tumor viruses, murine leukemia virus and mouse polyomavirus, capable of causing cancers in laboratory mice.

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Ludwik Gross
Birth dateSeptember 11, 1904
Birth place
Austria-Hungary , Kraków , Poland
cause of death
Stomach cancer
Date of deathJuly 19, 1999
Place of death
New York City , United States
Education
Jagiellonian University
Pasteur Institute
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Known for
Polyomaviridae
Murine leukemia virus

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