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1895-1948 · Biochemist named in a 2012 account as leading the American Cyanamid team that developed aminopterin

Yellapragada SubbaRow

American Cyanamid Company

A 2012 account says a team led by SubbaRow at the American Cyanamid Company identified the structure of folic acid and was the first to synthesise it, and that at Farber's request his team developed a series of folic acid antagonists, including aminopterin.

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  1. Spain PD, Kadan-Lottick N. Observations of unprecedented remissions following novel treatment for acute leukemia in children in 1948. J R Soc Med. 2012;105(4):177-81.

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