被誉为“口服避孕药之父”的杰出化学家卡尔·杰拉西(Carl Djerassi),2015年1月30日因癌症并发症在旧金山家中去世,享年91岁。作为同时代最具生产力的化学家之一,杰拉西不仅是抗组胺类药剂的开发者,同时还是多家生物医药公司的创建者、小说家和剧作家。“种瓜得豆”于1951年合成出最早的口服避孕药并不是杰拉西的唯一成就,但在许多人看来,这是他最伟大的业绩,也是20世纪生物医学史上一段重要的插 Carl Djerassi, a distinguished chemist known as the “father of oral contraceptives,” died of cancer complications at his home in San Francisco on January 30, 2015, at the age of 91. As one of the most productive chemists of his generation, Gerassi is not only the developer of antihistamines, but also the creator, novelist and playwright of several biomedical companies. The first oral contraceptive produced in 1951 was not Gerathi’s only achievement, but to many people it was his greatest achievement and an important part of the biomedical history of the 20th century Plug in