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BURROWS, Montrose Thomas (1884 – 1947)

BURROWS, Montrose Thomas (1884 – 1947)

1884 – 1947

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Collection of Paula Reynolds Golden (granddaughter of subject) · Estate of Zelta Burrows Reynolds (daughter of photo subject) · Public domain

1910 CE

#2636

Cultures de sarcome en dehors de l’organisme.

Using the Rous chicken sarcoma, Carrel and Burrows were the first to grow tumor tissue in vitro.

1911 CE

#560

Cultivation of tissues in vitro and its technique.

Carrel demonstrated the potential immortality of mammalian tissue. He was able to keep the excised viscera of an animal alive and functioning physiologically in vitro. For his later work see the same journal, 1911, 14…