Werner H. Kirsten (October 29, 1925 in Leipzig[1] — December 24, 1992 in Hyde Park, Chicago)[2] was a German-American pathologist and cancer researcher, known as the discoverer and namesake of a cancer-causing virus, the Kirsten Rat Sarcoma Virus,[a][3] and consequently of the KRAS oncogene.
- ^ "In memoriam Prof. Dr. Werner H. Kirsten 1925-1992; by Victor E. Gould; in Virchows Archiv B Cell Pathol (1993) 63:137-138; https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02899253
- ^ DR. WERNER H. KIRSTEN, 67, by Kenan Heise, in the Chicago Tribune; published January 1, 1993; retrieved April 10, 2020
- ^ 30 Years Later, WHK Program Remains a Singular Opportunity, by Chris Worthington, at NCI Frederick; published July 10, 2019; retrieved April 10, 2020
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