Sarah Stewart

Biography

Sarah Stewart was a virologist at the National Institutes of Health who discovered the polyomavirus (Stewart-Eddy polyomavirus), providing the first proof that viruses could cause cancer in mammals. She was one of the first Mexican-American women to receive an MD. Working with Bernice Eddy, she demonstrated that a single virus could produce multiple types of tumors, fundamentally changing our understanding of cancer biology and laying the groundwork for the field of cancer virology.

萨拉·斯图尔特是美国国立卫生研究院的病毒学家，她发现了多瘤病毒（斯图尔特-埃迪多瘤病毒），首次证明了病毒可以在哺乳动物中致癌。她是最早获得医学博士学位的墨西哥裔美国女性之一。她与伯尼斯·埃迪合作，证明了单一病毒可以产生多种类型的肿瘤，从根本上改变了我们对癌症生物学的理解，为癌症病毒学领域奠定了基础。

Key Achievements

• Discovered the polyomavirus (Stewart-Eddy polyomavirus)

  发现多瘤病毒（斯图尔特-埃迪多瘤病毒）

• First proof that viruses could cause cancer in mammals

  首次证明病毒可以在哺乳动物中致癌

• One of the first Mexican-American women to receive an MD

  最早获得医学博士学位的墨西哥裔美国女性之一

References & Citations

1. Wikipedia: Sarah Stewart (microbiologist) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Stewart_(microbiologist)