Rous sarcoma
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Rous sarcoma
After F. P. Rous, who described it in 1910
Example Sentences
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The team studied a chicken virus called Rous sarcoma virus that causes cancer in chickens and is similar to HIV.
From US News • Jul. 20, 2010
The researchers discovered, however, that Rous sarcoma virus takes a detour through the cell nucleus before going to the cell membrane.
From US News • Jul. 20, 2010
Later Dr. Banting himself stood up to tell the cancermen a story of his four fruitless years of trying to make chickens immune to Rous sarcoma.
From Time Magazine Archive
First, by proxy, he upset the theory that tissue grafts of Rous sarcoma, a transplantable animal tumor, continue to grow and spread in their new host.
From Time Magazine Archive
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