Morris Friedkin
Morris Friedkin · Science & Medicine
Biochemist, research on thymidylate synthesis and folate metabolism
1917
United States
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Friedkin was an American biochemist who elucidated key steps of folate metabolism and nucleotide biosynthesis, including the enzyme thymidylate synthase and the intermediate deoxyribose-1-phosphate, research central to understanding DNA synthesis and to the design of anticancer folate-analog drugs. He earned his doctorate at the University of Chicago and taught at Washington University, Tufts and the University of California, San Diego. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and was Jewish.
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Biochemist, research on thymidylate synthesis and folate metabolism
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