Philip Lawley
Born(1927-07-04)4 July 1927
Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England
Died18 December 2011(2011-12-18) (aged 84)
CitizenshipEngland
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
University of Nottingham
Known forMolecular Mechanisms of Cancer
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of London
Institute of Cancer Research
University of Oxford
University of Nottingham

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]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Professor Philip Lawley". Archived from the original on 2012-03-10.
  3. ^ Venitt, Stanley (2012-01-23). "Philip Lawley obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
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