David Lester
David Lester · Science & Medicine
Biomedical researcher
United States
David Lester is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Biomedical researcher
David Lester was an American biomedical scientist and biochemist who, together with Bernard Brodie, Julius Axelrod and Leon Greenberg, carried out the mid-20th-century research that identified acetaminophen (paracetamol/Tylenol) as the active metabolite of earlier analgesics, helping establish one of the world's most widely used pain relievers. He is documented as a Jewish biomedical scientist. Precise biographical dates are not established in accessible sources.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
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Biomedical researcher
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
