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]
Philip Lawley | |
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| Born | 4 July 1927 Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England |
| Died | 18 December 2011 (aged 84) |
| Citizenship | England |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford University of Nottingham |
| Known for | Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | University of London Institute of Cancer Research University of Oxford University of Nottingham |
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Professor Philip Lawley". Archived from the original on 2012-03-10.
- ^ Venitt, Stanley (2012-01-23). "Philip Lawley obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2020-08-04.