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Philip D. Lawley (1927–2011)

Stanley Venitt¹ &
David H. Phillips¹

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Chemist who discovered that cancer is caused by damage to DNA.

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Stanley Venitt is honorary associate and David H. Phillips is professor of environmental carcinogenesis in the Analytical and Environmental Sciences Division, King's College, London SE1 9NH, UK. Both were colleagues of Philip Lawley at the Institute of Cancer Research.,
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Correspondence to Stanley Venitt.

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Venitt, S., Phillips, D. Philip D. Lawley (1927–2011). Nature 482, 36 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/482036a

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Published: 01 February 2012
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