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Charles Heidelberger (December 23, 1920 – January 18, 1983) was a cancer researcher who developed and patented an anticancer drug called 5-Fluorouracil[1] that remains widely used against cancers of the stomach, colon and breast.[2] He was also director of basic research at the University of Southern California's Comprehensive Cancer Center.[3] He received an American Cancer Society National Award in 1974.[4] Heidelberger served on editorial boards of various scientific journals: Cancer Research, Molecular Pharmacology, Biochemical Pharmacology, the International Journal of Cancer, In Vitro[clarification needed], and the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.[5] He served as director for Basic Research of the USC Cancer Center, and was a Distinguished Professor at the University of Southern California. His former home in Madison, Wisconsin, now known as the Dr. Charles and Judith Heidelberger House, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

  1. ^ National Cancer Institute: 150 Years of Advances Against Cancer - 1940s-1950s Archived January 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ The New York Times obituary: "Charles Heidelberger, A Cancer Researcher"
  3. ^ The National Academies Press, Biographical Memoirs, Charles Heidelberger
  4. ^ Newsarchive
  5. ^ Cancer Research Journal, Charles Heidelberger 1920–1983

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absorbed radioactive uracil more readily than did normal liver cells. Charles Heidelberger, who had earlier found that fluorine in fluoroacetic acid inhibited...

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investigate the unethical nature of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study Charles Heidelberger, developer of the anti-cancer drug 5-fluorouracil William Shainline...

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at the University of Wisconsin and mentored by the late Professor Charles Heidelberger. In 1968 and 1971 Huberman was a visiting scientist at the U.S. National...

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University of Wisconsin, Madison (US), working in the laboratory of Charles Heidelberger. During 1956–57, he worked at National Institute for Medical Research...

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Heidelberger Faß (1816) Notice de l'entreprise des vues de Heidelberg (1820) Collection des Vues de Heidelberg. Dessinées d'apres nature par Charles de...

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67. Goeters, J.F. Gerhard (2006), "Zur Geschichte des Katechismus", Heidelberger Katechismus: Revidierte Ausgabe 1997 (3rd ed.), Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener...

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announced at a press conference at Madison by its inventor, Dr. Charles Heidelberger, an oncologist at the University of Wisconsin Hospital . The drug...

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was "Art", drawn from the last three letters of his surname. Born: Charles Heidelberger, American cancer researcher who developed the anticancer medication...

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at the Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, SC Neuenheim, Heidelberger RK, and TSV Handschuhsheim. Heidelberger TV has a rugby department. Rugby League Deutschland...

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Memorial Award from the Educational Paperback Association and the 2010 Heidelberger Leander Award. She has also received awards from the Carolina Alumni...

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Springer Verlag. ISBN 978-3-540-16829-4. Drüll, Dagmar (1991) [1986]. Heidelberger Gelehrtenlexikon, Bd. 1: 1803–1932, Bd. 2: 1652–1802, Bd. 3: 1386–1651...

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Hildebrecht Hommel (1980). "Der Gott Achilleus". Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (1): 38–44. – A critical point of view is...

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and Forms. Studien zur Archäologie und Geschichte Altägyptens. Vol. 5. Heidelberger Orientverlag. pp. 23–26. ISBN 978-3-927552-12-8. Aston, Barbara G.; Harrell...

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the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2012. "Mona Lisa – Heidelberger find clarifies identity". University Library Heidelberg. Archived from...

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ISBN 978-0-203-83616-3. Vantini, Giovanni (1975). Oriental Sources concerning Nubia. Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften. OCLC 174917032. Welsby, Derek (2002). The...

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