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Monroe E. Wall

American chemist

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Also known as Monroe Eliot Wall

Born: 1916
Died: July 6, 2002
Birthplace: Newark
Place of death: Chapel Hill
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: chemist
Education: Rutgers University

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Monroe Eliot Wall was an American chemist, who co-discovered, with Mansukh C. Wani, paclitaxel and camptothecin, two anti-cancer drugs considered standard in the treatment to fight ovarian, breast, lung and colon cancers. On May 27, 1987, Wall received an honorary doctorate from the faculty of pharmacy at Uppsala University, Sweden.

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Sex or gender: male
Awards: Kettering Prize(2000)
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1.“GM Cancer Previous Prize Winners”gm.com/company/gmability/philanthropy/cancer_research/prize.htmRetrieved 2012-08-12
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Alfred Burger Award(1998)
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1.acsmedchem.org/alfred-burger-award-acs-medicinal-chemistry-division
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Given name: Monroe
Eliot
Family name: Wall

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