1913 - Posited that cancer was an inherited trait.

* Slye’s work focused on the heritability of cancer in mice. She raised—and kept pedigrees for—150,000 mice during her career. * Her belief that cancer was a recessive trait that could be eliminated through breeding caused clashes with fellow scientists. * She was also an advocate for the comprehensive archiving of human medical records, believing that proper mate selection would help eradicate cancer. * She was one of the first scientists to suggest that cancer can be an inherited disease. For that Slye was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1923.

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Category:
Oncology Research; Women's Health

Completion Status:
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