NIH scientists first identified type II cell of pulmonary alveolus as the cell of origin of the common alveologenic tumours of the lungs
In 1939, Hugh G. Grady and Harold L. Stewart first identified the type II cell of the pulmonary alveolus as the cell of origin of the common alveologenic tumours of the lungs of mice. Harold “Red” later served as chairman of the NCI Animal Tumor Registry and published 250 technical articles over the course of his scientific career.
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Source: National Institutes of Health
Credit: Photos: Hugh Grady and Harold L. Stewart, courtesy NLM/HMD/Harold L. Stewart papers.
