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Her awards include the Garvan-Olin Medal (1968), the Sloan-Kettering Institute Judd Award (1983), the American Chemical Society Distinguished Chemist Award (1985), the American Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award (1989), the American Association for Cancer Research Cain Award (1985), the American Cancer Society Medal of Honor (1990 ...
Gertrude B. Elion was an American pharmacologist who, along with George H. Hitchings and Sir James W. Black, received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1988 for their development of drugs used to treat several major diseases. Elion was the daughter of immigrants. She graduated from.
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Feb 22, 1999 · 1988: Gertrude B. Elion receives the Nobel Prize for Medicine from Carl XVI Gustaf, the King of Sweden. Elion was the only female recipient on the stage at the gala ceremonies in Stockholm. Dressed in royal blue chiffon, she was “a flash of brilliance among the starched white evening shirts and the formal black suits of the others.”
Apr 2, 2014 · Best Known For: American biochemist and pharmacologist Gertrude B. Elion helped develop drugs to treat leukemia and prevent kidney transplant rejection. She won a Nobel Prize for medicine in...
AACR Gertrude B. Elion Cancer Research Award. With generous support from GlaxoSmithKline, the AACR Gertrude B. Elion Cancer Research Award encourages and supports tenure-eligible junior faculty to conduct research in cancer etiology, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention.
Students & Educators. Explore Chemistry. Women Scientists in American History. Gertrude Elion (1918–1999) Leukemia, Herpes Drug Pioneer. Gertrude Elion (1918–1999) and colleague George Hitchings (1905–1998) went off the beaten path of trial-and-error drug development to revolutionize drug making.
Feb 21, 1999 · The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1988. Born: 23 January 1918, New York, NY, USA. Died: 21 February 1999, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Wellcome Research Laboratories, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA. Prize motivation: “for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment” Prize share: 1/3. Life.
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