title: Peyton Rous: father of the tumor virus.
abstract: In 1910, Peyton Rous identified a transmissible avian tumor virus, a discovery that began the journey from tumor virus biology to tumor biology itself.
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D000818:Animals; D001358:Avian Sarcoma Viruses; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental; D009613:Nobel Prize; D009858:Oncogenic Viruses