Sidney Farber
Sidney Farber ( born September 30, 1903 in Buffalo, † March 30, 1973 ) was an American pathologist.
Life
Farber studied at the universities of Buffalo, Heidelberg and Freiburg, and at Harvard University Medical. In Boston, he was appointed M.D. doctorate. In 1928 he got an assistant position in pathology at Harvard Medical School. Farber first discovered the cytostatic effect of aminopterin ( a folic acid derivative) to tumor cells. This ultimately led to the development of methotrexate, a common and important to today cytostatic. Work on new chemotherapeutic agents, he continued until his death.
In 1947 he became professor of pathology. In 1948 he founded in Boston, the Children's Cancer Research Foundation. Until his retirement in 1970 he was its director. 1974, a year after Farber's death, it was renamed in his honor in Sidney Farber Cancer Institute and in 1983 Dana -Farber Cancer Institute. Farber is considered the founder of modern children's pathology.
Sidney Farber was married to Norma C. Farber (nee Holzman ) since 1928. His wife was a children's book author. His brother Marvin Farber (1901-1980) was a philosopher and a professor at the University at Buffalo.