National Library of Medicine | Changing the Face of Medicine | Dr. Janet Davison Rowley @NLMNIH | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 11 hours ago.
Dr. Janet Davison Rowley identified the translocation of chromosomes as the cause of leukemia and other cancers.

She’s featured in Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians, an online exhibition from the National Library of Medicine. Visit the homepage to see more: nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/changing-the-face-of-medicine/index.html.
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