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Gertrude "Trudy" Belle Elion (January 23, 1918 – February 21, 1999) was an American biochemist and pharmacologist, who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with George H. Hitchings and Sir James Black for their use of innovative methods of rational drug design for the development of new drugs.
Apr 2, 2014 · 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 1988.
Article History. Gertrude B. Elion. In full: Gertrude Belle Elion. Born: Jan. 23, 1918, New York, N.Y., U.S. Died: Feb. 21, 1999, Chapel Hill, N.C. (aged 81) Awards And Honors: Nobel Prize. Subjects Of Study: acyclovir. allopurinol. anticancer drug. azathioprine. pyrimethamine.
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Feb 22, 1999 · Still grieving for her grandfather, she decided to study chemistry, with the hope of contributing to the fight against cancer. Entering Hunter College that fall, Elion graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in chemistry when she was only 19. 1933: Gertrude Elion, at age 15.
Gertrude Elion (1918–1999) Leukemia, Herpes Drug Pioneer Using a method known as “rational drug design,” Elion and Hitchings were able to successfully interfere with cell growth, giving way to a number of effective drugs for treating leukemia, gout, malaria, herpes, and many other illnesses.
Gertrude B. Elion was born on Jan. 23, 1918. As a youth, Gertrude B. Elion had a voracious appetite for learning and enjoyed all school subjects equally. But after her grandfather...
Jan 19, 2022 · Gertrude B. Elion was born on January 23, 1918, in New York City. She attended a public school near her home with her brother and enjoyed all her courses equally. As she neared her graduation she was thinking of her future and what major to pursue in furthering her education. She attributes her decision to a moment in her mid-teens.
