Overlooked No More: Yvonne Barr, Who Helped Discover a Cancer-Causing Virus

A virologist, she worked with the pathologist Anthony Epstein, who died last month, in finding for the first time that a virus that could cause cancer. It ’s known as the Epstein-Barr virus.
Source: NYT Health - Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tags: Barr, Yvonne (1932-2016) Research Viruses Deaths (Obituaries) Science and Technology Epstein, Anthony (1921-2024) Middlesex Hospital Ireland Australia England Source Type: news