Frank Colton
Frank Colton · Science & Medicine
Chemist who synthesized the progestin used in the first oral contraceptive pill.
1923, Poland — 2003, United States
United States · Poland
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Colton was an American chemist who in 1952 synthesized noretynodrel, the progestin used in Enovid, the first oral contraceptive pill, and also developed an early anabolic steroid. He was born into a Jewish family in Poland and immigrated to the United States as a child, later earning his doctorate and joining G. D. Searle.
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Chemist who synthesized the progestin used in the first oral contraceptive pill.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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