Yellapragada subbarao biography of barack
He has served as President of the American Society of Hematology and on the Board of Governors of the American Red Cross.
Early Life Yellapragada SubbaRow was born on 12th January , in Bhimavaram, a town in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, then in Madras Presidency.!
Yellapragada Subbarow
Indian-American biochemist (–)
Yellapragada Subbarow[a] (12 January 8 August ) was an Indian Americanbiochemist who discovered the function of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) as an energy source in the cell,[1] developed methotrexate for the treatment of cancer and led the department at Lederle laboratories in which Benjamin Minge Duggar discovered chlortetracycline in
A student of Madras Medical College, his elder brother and younger brother both died due to tropical sprue in the span of eight days.
He subsequently discovered folic acid as a cure for tropical sprue. He discovered methotrexate, a chemotherapy drug still used today and also used for rheumatoid arthritis, and diethylcarbamazine (DEC), the only effective drug for treating filariasis.
Most of his career was spent in the United States. Despite his isolation of ATP, Subbarow did not gain tenure at Harvard University[2][3] though he would lead so