J. Michael Bishop, who illuminated genetic roots of cancer, dies at 90

J. Michael Bishop, a microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize for research that illuminated the genetic roots of cancer, died March 20 in San Francisco at age 90. He later served as chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco and was a prominent leader in cancer genetics and biomedical research.

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J. Michael Bishop, a microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize for research that illuminated the genetic roots of cancer, died March 20 in San Francisco at age 90. He later served as chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco and was a prominent leader in cancer genetics and biomedical research.