He is *#Yellapragada #Subbarao*.
I am 100% confident that none of you have ever heard this name. Yet *he was one of the most important biochemist and scientists of not only India but of entire world in the 20th century.* He lead one of the most important medical researches in America during World War Two.
*He discovered the role of phosphocreatine and adenosine triphosphate (#ATP) as an energy source in the cell. This lead to the foundation of biochemistry and all the further discoveries in this field are directly or indirectly influenced by this.*
*He developed #methotrexate for the treatment of cancer. This, without a doubt, is the single most important drug for the treatment of innumerable cancers.* He has saved literally millions of life through this drug.
*He discovered #Diethylcarbamazine. This drug is the only good treatment available for filariasis or elephant foot*, which if not treated, makes the life of the patient a living hell.
*Working under Subbarao's guidance, Duggar made his discovery of the world's first #tetracycline antibiotic, #Aureomycin, in 1945.* Do you have any idea what does word Aureo signifies.? It is a latin word for Gold, meaning that it ushered the Golden era of antibiotics where millions of death will be prevented.
*Despite all these superhuman achievements:*
▶ Except few people who are working in this field, no one knows him, especially in India.
▶ He was denied fellowship in Harvard.
▶ He lived without a green card throughout his life.
▶ He was wronged by many of his fellow colleagues, who took all the fame, glory and patents on his work.
▶ He was awarded a lesser LMS certificate not a full MBBS degree despite being one of the best student in the class. *This is because he wore Khadi surgical dresses on Gandhi's boycott call, which displeased Dr. Bradfield, his surgical professor.*
Please spread this message as much as you can about Dr. Subbarao. He is one of the best minds India has ever produced and I always cry when people display their ignorance when they ask, "Why doesn't India produce good scientists in medical field?"
*No matter how constrained and tied you are in terms of resources, if you have talent and single-minded ruthless focus, like Dr. Subbarao, you can literally achieve whatever you want.* 👏👏👏
Lets celebrate our true heroes, which make indelible impact on real life!! 👍
- Roman Saini - Unacademy
(Reproduced from "Inspiring Young India")
(Source: https://plus.google.com/+DWARAKANATHREDDYK/posts/HV3hN2bR9d9)
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