Name: Bert Vogelstein (1949-Present)
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University: Johns Hopkins
Key Contributions: "In 1989, Bert Vogelstein showed that p53 is a tumor-suppressor gene. He found that p53, which normally puts the brakes on cell growth, is mutated in cancerous cells of the colon. Soon thereafter, he found that p53 is mutated in a large fraction of cancers of virtually all types, thus initiating a revolution in cancer research. " ( More Info )

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