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  1. On this day in 1941: Rudolph Schoenheimer died, developed radioactive tagging & linked cholesterol to atherosclerosi #ThisDayInBiotech

  2. On this day in 1904: Ludwik Gross born, demonstrated viruses cause cancer in mammals #ThisDayInBiotech

  3. On this day in 1956: Benjamin M Duggar died, discovered Aureomycin, the 1st tetracycline antibiotic #ThisDayInBiotech

  4. On this day in 1919: 1st time the term 'bacteriophage' was coined. #ThisDayInBiotech

  5. On this day in 1941: Hans Spemann died, won 1935 #NobelPrize for discovering embryonic induction #ThisDayInBiotech

  6. On this day in 1923: D Carleton Gajdusek born, won 1976 #NobelPrize for his discovery of transmissible dementias #ThisDayInBiotech