Philip Lawley

Philip Lawley
Born (1927-07-04)4 July 1927
Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England
Died 18 December 2011(2011-12-18) (aged 84)
Citizenship England
Fields Chemistry
Institutions University of London
Institute of Cancer Research
University of Oxford
University of Nottingham
Alma mater University of Oxford
University of Nottingham
Known for Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

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

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. "Professor Philip Lawley". Archived from the original on 2013-04-14.
  3. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jan/23/philip-lawley
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