Joseph H. Burchenal
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 18 years ago |
Date of birth | December 21,1912 |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
Born | Milford |
Delaware | |
United States | |
Date of died | March 8,2006 |
Died | Hanover |
New Hampshire | |
United States | |
Awards | Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award |
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ID | 1903435 |
Joseph H. Burchenal Life story
Joseph Holland Burchenal was an American oncologist, and a winner of the 1972 Albert Lasker Award for Medical Research for his work on developing a chemotherapy for Burkitt's lymphoma. His research with George Hitchings and Gertrude Elion led to the creation of the leukemia treatment mercaptopurine.