Mansukh C. Wani
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Mansukh C. Wani
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Mansukh C. Wani,, was a principal scientist (emeritus) at the Research Triangle Institute in North Carolina. He was co-discoverer of Taxol and camptothecin, two anti-cancer drugs considered standard in the treatment to fight ovarian, breast, lung and colon cancers. In 2000, Wani received an award for applied research in medicine, the Charles F. Kettering Prize, from the General Motors Cancer Research Foundation. Wani was born in Nandurbar, Maharashtra, India. He attended the University of Bombay
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Medicinal Chemist (February 20, 1925 - April 11, 2020 - Aged 95)
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