#IDedicateThisWeekTo Percy Julian.
Limited to an 8th grade education due to racial discrimination,Julian became a giant in the chemical industry.His 1st major breakthru was to synthesize physostigmine,crucial in the treatment of glaucoma, a way to mass-produce glaucoma treatment.
Percy Julian’s biggest breakthrough came when he created a method for inexpensive production of cortisone, an important steroid for treating arthritis. The increased production of cortisone resulted in a decrease in price, making the steroid accessible to a wider population.
Fifty percent of the weight of the soybean is protein. And what a protein! No other protein that we've known comes so nearly to the basic protein of animals and humans as soybean protein.

Percy Julian
I don’t think that you can possibly embrace the kind of joy which one who has worked with plants and plant structures such as I have over a period of nearly 40 years, how wonderful the plant laboratory seems.

Percy Julian
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