Ludwik Gross
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Ludwik Gross (September 11, 1904 – July 19, 1999) was a
Biography
Gross was born on September 11, 1904, in
After the war, he joined other scientists (notably
Gross was also a medical journalist and frequent letter writer to The New York Times. In one letter, he opposed fluoridation of the water supply to prevent tooth decay, calling fluoride “an insidious poison, harmful, toxic and cumulative in its effect, even when ingested in minimal amounts.” He never changed his view.
He died at Montefiore Medical Center on July 19, 1999, of stomach cancer at age 94.[1]
Research work
Gross was a major proponent of the possibility that some cancers could be caused by viruses, and began a long search for viral causes of murine leukemia. In the course of these studies, he isolated the Gross
Gross died of stomach cancer, a major cancer caused by infection with the Helicobacter pylori, which he himself researched. A collection of his personal papers is held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.[2]
Scientific awards
- R.R. de Villiers Foundation (Leukemia Society) Award for Leukemia Research (1953)
- Walker Prize of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in London (1961)
- Pasteur Silver Medal of the Pasteur Institute in Paris (1962)
- WHO United Nations Prize for Cancer Research (1962)
- Bertner Foundation Award (1963)
- Special Virus Cancer ProgramAward of the National Cancer Institute (1972)
- Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1974)
- William B. Coley Award (1975)
- Principal 1978 Paul Ehrlich-Ludwig Darmstaeder Prize in Frankfurt
- Griffuel Prize in Paris (1978)
- Elected to the National Academy of Sciences (1973)
- French Legion of Honor (1977)
References
- ^ New York Times. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
Dr. Ludwik Gross, who influenced cancer research by showing that viruses could cause cancers in animals, died on Monday at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. He was 94 and lived in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The cause was stomach cancer, said his daughter, Dr. Augusta H. Gross.
- ^ "Ludwik Gross Papers 1908-1999". National Library of Medicine.
External links
- NIH Paper Collection of Ludwik Gross [1]
- Horsfall, F. L. (1962). "Oncogenic Viruses. Ludwik Gross. Pergamon, New York, 1961. Xi + 391 pp. Illus. $12". Science. 135 (3504): 661–662. .
- Robert C. Gallo, "Ludwik Gross", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences (2014)