Frederick Pei Li
Frederick Pei Li was a Chinese-American physician. He is most famous for his discovery, together with his colleague Joseph Fraumeni, of Li–Fraumeni syndrome, which is caused by germline mutations of the p53 tumor suppressor gene and genetically predisposes families to high rates of cancer.
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- Born in
- Guangzhou
- Educated at
- New York UniversityUniversity of RochesterGeorgetown University
- Awards
- 🏆 Charles S. Mott Prize
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1940
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