Eugenia Sacerdote de Lustig, Italian-born Argentine histologist and oncologist (Torino 09 November 1911 – Buenos Aires 27 November 2011)

Cousin of Nobel Prize-winner Rita Levi-Montalcini

Authored over 180 papers

Developed and improved culture techniques for tumoral and healthy cells

Her histological researches about cancer obtained international acclaim

OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS

With E. Bal de Kier Joffé, L. Puricelli & M.C.C. Vidal. Characterization of two murine mammary adenocarcinoma tumors with different metastatic ability. J. Exper. Clin. Cancer Research 2:151-69, 1983

With L. Puricelli, E.B. Kier Joffé & L. Davel. Isolation and partial characterization of a morphogenetic factor from human leucocyte interferon. Cell. Mol. Biol. Incl. Cytol. Enzymol. 27(6):607-14, 1981

With R. Mancini introduced modifications to techniques for measuring the presence of glycogen in embryonary tissues (1941-2)