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Robert Schnitzer
Who
Robert Schnitzer · Science & Medicine
What
Chemotherapy researcher
Where
Germany · United States
Biography
Robert Schnitzer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Chemotherapy researcher
How & why
Robert Schnitzer was a German-Jewish émigré pharmacologist who, from 1941, headed the chemotherapy department at Hoffmann-La Roche's laboratories in Nutley, New Jersey. His group tested compounds against infectious diseases and maintained tumor models used in early cancer drug research. He was Jewish, having fled Nazi Germany; precise birth and death dates are not established in the sources consulted.
Sources & external links
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Nature — cancer research at Hoffmann-La RocheWikipediaEncyclopaedia BritannicaJewish Virtual LibraryWikidata
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
Contributions & Sources
Chemotherapy researcher
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
