Today
is the birthday of Helen Dyer, a biochemist born in 1895 and known for his research on biological cancer precursors. Working at the National Cancer Institute, Dyer has found that vitamin B-6 may thwart a potent liver carcinogen in animals. The discovery has stimulated new research on the protective role of vitamin against cancer. In 1949, Dyer compiled the first global index of tumor chemotherapy
Source :. Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer, The remarkable women in the physical sciences: a biographical dictionary (Greenwood Press, 1997)
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