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Yellapragada Subbarow, an Uncommon card
Yellapragada Subbarao was an Indian American biochemist who discovered the function of adenosine triphosphate as an energy source in the cell, developed methotrexate for the treatment of cancer, and led the department at Lederle laboratories in which Benjamin Minge Duggar discovered chlortetracycline in 1945.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 36
- Power
- 109
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 54,000
Power 109 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Yellapragada Subbarow quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Yellapragada Subbarow card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He subsequently ______ folic acid as a cure for tropical sprue.
Answer
discovered. He subsequently discovered folic acid as a cure for tropical sprue. From the Yellapragada Subbarow article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Yellapragada Subbarow. Yellapragada Subbarow 73 · Energy–momentum relation 67 · Bill Joy 63 · Common wheat 59 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- A student of Madras Medical College, his elder brother and younger brother both died due to tropical sprue in the span of eight days.
- He subsequently discovered folic acid as a cure for tropical sprue.
- He discovered methotrexate, a chemotherapy drug still used today and also used for rheumatoid arthritis, and diethylcarbamazine, the only effective drug for treating filariasis.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Yellapragada Subbarow article was read about 54,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 36: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Yellapragada Subbarow (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown Unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
