It is fascinating that Li was fired for his groundbreaking work on chemotherapy which have now saved millions of lives. He is still not awarded any major prize!
I find it interesting that the basis of methotrexate's success as a chemotherapy apparently was its ability to reduce a cancer tumor's uptake of folic acid (a vitamin!).
Wow, I hope the marginal benefit to most of the population (ie those who are not very vitamin deficient) taking them is not less than the harm caused by people with undiagnosed tumors taking them willy-nilly.
What a coincidence! i was literally listening to “The Emperor of All Maladies” on Scribd yesterday and introduced Min’s story to my friend during driving.
