Barnett Rosenburg. Portrait of Barnett Rosenburg,the US chemist who,in 1962,discovered the anti-cancer drug cisplatin. Following a 1962 experiment in which platinum electrodes were used to find out whether electrical current would kill bacteria,Dr. Rosenberg discovered that cisplatin (also known as cisplatinum or cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II),or CDDP) inhibited cell division. He showed that cisplatin and other platinum-containing compounds were effective against certain cancers. Cisplatin was approved by the FDA as a chemotherapy drug in 1978,revolutionizing the treatment of certain cancers | |
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