Monroe Eliot Wall
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Monroe Eliot Wall (1916 - July 6, 2002) was an American chemist, who co-discovered paclitaxel and camptothecin, two anti-cancer drugs considered standard in the treatment to fight ovarian, breast, lung and colon cancers.[1]
Wall was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1916. He completed his BS, MS, and PhD at Rutgers University. He joined the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1941 and worked at USDA until 1960.[2]
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- ^ O’Connor, Anahad (July 11, 2002). "Monroe Wall, 85, Discoverer Of Drugs That Fight Cancer". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/11/us/monroe-wall-85-discoverer-of-drugs-that-fight-cancer.html. Retrieved May 13, 2010.
- ^ Wani, Mansukh C. (December 15, 2002). "In Memoriam: Monroe E. Wall (1916–2002)". Cancer Research 62 (24): 7377. http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/full/62/24/7377.
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