What is Janet Rowley?
{{Infobox scientist | known_for = Identified [[chromosomal translocation]] as the cause of [[leukemia]] and other [[cancer]]s | name = Janet Rowley | image = Janet Rowley 2009.jpg | image_size=180px | caption = Rowley at the White House in August 2009 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|4|5|mf=yes}} | birth_place = [[New York City]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|12|17|1925|4|5|mf=yes}} | death_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]] }} '''Janet Davison Rowley''' (April 5, 1925 - December 17, 2013)<ref name=Bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/18/janet-rowley-dead-cancer-genetics-dies_n_4467019.html|title=Janet Rowley, cancer genetics researcher dies at 88|publisher=Huffington Post.com|accessdate=December 18, 2013}}</ref> was an [[Americans|American]] [[geneticist]]. She was the first scientist to identify a [[chromosomal translocation]] as the cause of [[leukemia]] and other [[cancer|cancers]] in humans. Rowley died at the age of 88 from complications of [[ovarian cancer]].<ref name=Bio/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rowley, Janet}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:2013 deaths]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Chicago]] [[Category:Deaths from ovarian cancer]] [[Category:American geneticists]] [[Category:Scientists from New York City]] {{US-bio-stub}}