Sidney Farber was an American pediatric pathologist.
20 Facts About Sidney Farber
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Sidney Farber was born in Buffalo, New York, to Jewish parents Simon and Matilda Farber.
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Sidney Farber was the younger brother of the noted philosopher and University of Buffalo professor Marvin Farber.
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Sidney Farber graduated from University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, or SUNY Buffalo, in 1923.
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Sidney Farber Hall, built in 1953 on the South Campus of SUNY Buffalo, is named for him.
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Sidney Farber pursued postgraduate training in pathology at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, where he was mentored by Kenneth Blackfan, and was appointed to a resident pathologist post at Children's Hospital in 1929.
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Sidney Farber was an extremely meticulous and precise scientist, and his laboratory become known for its tidiness.
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In 1946, Sidney Farber was named Chairman of the Staff at the Children's Hospital, where he managed the Medical Center of Children's and envisioned an Institute for Pediatric Pathology which now exists as the Pediatric Research building.
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Sidney Farber was appointed Pathologist-in-Chief of the Children's Hospital in 1947 and Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School in 1948.
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Sidney Farber's research was primarily focused on diseases in children and infants.
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Sidney Farber discovered that folic acid plays a key role in the proliferation of cancer cells in leukemias.
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In 1947, Sidney Farber conducted a clinical trial on aminopterin on 16 children, 10 of which eventually achieved temporary remission.
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However, Sidney Farber's discovery marked a breakthrough in cancer research since no drugs had previously been found effective against tumors of the bodily fluids.
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Sidney Farber showed for the first time that induction of clinical and hematological remission in this disease was achievable.
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In 1939, during his appointment at the Children's Hospital, Farber worked with colleague Jerome S Harris to publish a classic description of the transposition of the great blood vessels in the heart.
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In 1952, Sidney Farber described a lipid storage disease that was named Sidney Farber disease.
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Sidney Farber began raising funds for cancer research with the Variety Club of New England in 1947.
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The success of the Jimmy Fund led Sidney Farber to realize the importance of marketing in the scientific advancement of knowledge about diseases.
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Sidney Farber married Norma Sidney Farber in 1928, a poet, author of children's books, and classical soprano.
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On March 30,1973, at the age of 69, Sidney Farber died from cardiac arrest while working in his office.