It is fascinating that Li was fired for his groundbreaking work on chemotherapy which have now saved millions of lives. He is still not awarded any major prize!
It is not fascinating. It is sad, unfortunate, and unfair to Li and his hard work.
I find it interesting that the basis of methotrexate's success as a chemotherapy apparently was its ability to reduce a cancer tumor's uptake of folic acid (a vitamin!).
damn. vitamins can be dangerous.
Well, yes. I think one of the first things they tell you when you've been diagnosed with tumors is the danger of vitamins.
Wow, I hope the marginal benefit to most of the population (ie those who are not very vitamin deficient) taking them is not less than the harm caused by people with undiagnosed tumors taking them willy-nilly.
What a coincidence! i was literally listening to “The Emperor of All Maladies” on Scribd yesterday and introduced Min’s story to my friend during driving.
When I read that I was amazed that I had never heard about
Yellapragada Subbarow. It seems like he should have won a nobel prize (at the very least!)
Thanks for the submit. I learned something today. Roy Hertz wasn't bad either.