Modern chemotherapy
Who
Sidney Farber, Jewish-American pediatric pathologist at Boston Children's Hospital
When
1947–1948
Where
Boston, United States
Sidney Farber showed that the folic-acid antagonist aminopterin could induce remissions in childhood leukemia, launching cancer chemotherapy. Farber, an American Jewish physician, is widely regarded as a father of modern chemotherapy, and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute bears his name.
Sources
Part of “The Gifts of the Jews” — verified Jewish contributions to the world, with sources.