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- Made a large contribution to cancer drugs and their mechanisms to be an effective treatment

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"This proved that cancer is a genetic disease. Rowley spent majority of her life working in Chicago and received many awards and honors throughout her life, recognizing her achievements and contributions tin the area of genetics."

Early life and education
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 * only 19 when entering into medical school
 * had to wait 9 months - filled quota for women already (only 3/65)
 * both her & husband did internships at US Public Health Services Marine Hospital - 1951
 * Husband became pathologist later in life
 * Continued work at a clinic for children with Down syndrome (in Chicago)

Career

 * Interest in chromosomes sparked in 1962 as a trainee
 * 1984 - became a distinguished service professor of medicine, mol. genetics, cell bio, human genetics
 * The first chromosomal translocation was discovered by Rowley in 1972 in acute myelogenous leukemia
 * Rowley also aided in the discovery, through her research, of the formation of retinoid acid, an effective drug that helps to return protein receptors back to their normal function

Awards and honors

 * Presidential metal given by Barack Obama
 * For Rowley's scientific contributions she has received honorary doctor of science degrees from multiple institutions some of which include Yale University and Harvard University
 * She is also a member of multiple scientific and honorary societies. These distinguished groups include the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences
 * In 1989, she was not only presented with the Charles S. Mott Prize by General Motors Cancer Research Foundation, but the Clowes Memorial Award as well
 * In 1991, she was elected as a member into the American Philosophical Society
 * Then in 2010, she was awarded the Jesse Stevenson Kovalenko Medal by the National Academy of Sciences.
 * Also in 2012, she won the Japan Prize for Healthcare and Medical Technology..... (addition to previous sentence)
 * For Rowley's scientific contributions she has received honorary doctor of science degrees from multiple institutions some of which include Yale University and Harvard University
 * She is also a member of multiple scientific and honorary societies. These distinguished groups include the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences

Death
Died at home. (Date, age and reason provided in original article)