#knudson

Richard Knudson – MG Enthusiast and Hall of Fame Inductee

Richard “Dick” Knudson is well known as the co-founder of the New England MG T-Register and one of the guiding lights in the British car hobby. Additionally, he has written prolifically about the Sacred Octagon and its many accomplishments. Knudson will be one of 23 deserving individuals inducted into the British Sports Car Hall of Fame on June 2, 2017.

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Knudson hypothesis: Tumor Suppressor Gene

The hypothesis: that cancer is the result of accumulated mutations to a cell´s DNA. It was first proposed by Carl O. Nordling in 1953, and later formulated by Alfred G. Knudson in 1971.

The multi-mutation theory on cancer was proposed by Nordling in the British Journal of Cancer in 1953: “the outbreak of cancer requires the accumulations of six consecutive mutations”. Knudson performed a…