AstraZeneca's head of R&D for oncology/discoverer of Herceptin dies at 61 reportedly of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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AstraZeneca's head of R&D for oncology/discoverer of Herceptin dies at 61 reportedly of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

March 23, 2021, 01:27 AM

This is a great loss.

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-astrazeneca-baselga-idUSKBN2BD0PB

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Here is a nice clip of Dr. Baselga talking about the eureka moment of Herceptin and what it meant for targeting cancer at the molecular level. Thanks for all he has done for cancer patients throughout his career. RIP

CANCER: THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES | Dr. Jose Baselga | PBS

CANCER: THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES airs Monday-Wednesday, March 30-April 1, 2015 at 9/8c.Physician-in-Chief at Memorial Sloan Kettering, Dr. Baselga brings ...
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March 23, 2021, 07:50 AM

He saved millions of lives.
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