Samuel Danishefsky
Samuel Danishefsky · Science & Medicine
Chemist renowned for the total synthesis of complex natural products with anticancer activity.
1936, Bayonne, New Jersey, United States
United States
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Danishefsky, an American chemist who earned his bachelor's degree at Yeshiva University, became one of the great masters of the total synthesis of complex natural products, many with anticancer activity. He introduced the widely used 'Danishefsky diene' and pioneered the chemical synthesis of carbohydrate-based anticancer vaccines. He has worked at Columbia University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
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Chemist renowned for the total synthesis of complex natural products with anticancer activity.
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