#OTD in 1964, Yvonne Barr co-discovered the Epstein-Barr virus, the first known 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 tumor virus.
She cultured the cell lines that allowed the virus be seen. Proving viruses cause human cancer is "one of the 20th century's most significant scientific discoveries."
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