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YELLAPRAGADA SUBBAROW
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He was born in Bhimavaram, in West Godavari district of
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Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow
Biochemist
Medical
muscular
Andhra Pradesh
fluids and tissues
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.
He was an Indian
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Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow
Biochemist
Medical
muscular
Andhra Pradesh
fluids and tissues
lived
.
After earning a diploma from the Harvard
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Biochemist
Medical
muscular
Andhra Pradesh
fluids and tissues
lived
School he joined Harvard as a junior
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Biochemist
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muscular
Andhra Pradesh
fluids and tissues
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member.
With Cyrus Fiske, he developed a method for the estimation of phosphorus in body
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Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow
Biochemist
Medical
muscular
Andhra Pradesh
fluids and tissues
lived
.
He discovered the role of phosphocreatine and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in
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Andhra Pradesh
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activity.
He was denied a regular faculty position at
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muscular
Andhra Pradesh
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. So he joined Lederle, where he developed a method to synthesize
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Biochemist
Medical
muscular
Andhra Pradesh
fluids and tissues
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, Vitamin B9.
Soon thereafter, he developed the important anti-cancer drug methotrexate - one of the very first cancer
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Andhra Pradesh
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agents and still in widespread clinical use.
He also discovered the drug Hetrazan which was used by the
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Andhra Pradesh
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against filariasis.
Under Subbarow, Benjamin Duggar made his discovery of the world's first tetracycline
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muscular
Andhra Pradesh
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, aureomycin, in 1945.
A
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Biochemist
Medical
muscular
Andhra Pradesh
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was named Subbaromyces splendens in his honour by American Cyanamid.
Writing in the April 1950 issue of Argosy magazine, Doron K. Antrim observed, "You've probably never heard of
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Biochemist
Medical
muscular
Andhra Pradesh
fluids and tissues
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. Yet because he
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Andhra Pradesh
fluids and tissues
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you may be alive and are well today. Because he lived you may live
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Biochemist
Medical
muscular
Andhra Pradesh
fluids and tissues
lived
."