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Samuel Freedman

Who

Samuel Freedman · Science & Medicine

What

Biomedical researcher

When

1928, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Where

Canada (McGill University · Jewish General Hospital, Montreal)

Biography

Samuel Freedman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Biomedical researcher

How & why

Samuel Orkin Freedman, a Canadian clinical immunologist born in Montreal and long associated with the city's Jewish General Hospital, co-discovered in 1965 with Phil Gold the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). CEA became the basis of a widely used blood test for monitoring colorectal and other cancers. Freedman later served as dean of medicine and a senior academic administrator at McGill.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science

Contributions & Sources

Biomedical researcher

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science