Carl Djerassi
Carl Djerassi · Science & Medicine
Chemist who first synthesized an orally active progestin, making the contraceptive pill possible.
1923, Vienna, Austria — 2015, San Francisco, California, USA
Austria · Bulgaria · United States (Mexico City · Stanford)
Carl Djerassi is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Chemist who first synthesized an orally active progestin, making the contraceptive pill possible.
Born in Vienna to Jewish physician parents and a refugee from Nazism, Djerassi led the team that in 1951, at Syntex in Mexico City, synthesized norethindrone, the first orally active progestin, making the contraceptive pill possible. Widely called the 'father of the pill', he later became a prolific writer and playwright.
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Chemist who first synthesized an orally active progestin, making the contraceptive pill possible.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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