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   Helen Murray Free (February 20, 1923 – May 1, 2021) was an American chemist and educator. She is most known for revolutionizing many in vitro self-testing systems for diabetes and other diseases while working at Miles Laboratories. The tests are still marketed today with blood tests as Ascensia Diabetes Care, and urine tests under Siemens ...

   • Fields: Chemistry
   • Born: Helen Murray, February 20, 1923, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

   • Known for: Self-testing systems for diabetes

2. www.nytimes.com › helen-murray-free-deadHelen Murray Free Dies at 98; Chemist Developed Diabetes Test

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   May 3, 2021 · May 3, 2021. Helen Murray Free, a chemist who ushered in a revolution in diagnostic testing when she co-developed the dip-and-read diabetes test, a paper strip that detected glucose in urine,...

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   • Helen Murray Free (February 20, 1923 – May 1, 2021) was an American chemist and educator. She is most known for revolutionizing many in vitro self-testing systems for diabetes and other diseases while working at Miles Laboratories.

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   Who is Helen M free?

   • The ACS named an award in her honor, the Helen M. Free Award in Public Outreach. She and her husband hold several patents and coauthored two books on urinalysis. She received the ACS’s Garvan Medal, honoring distinguished service to chemistry by a woman, in 1980.

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   What happened to Alfred free & Helen Free?

   • Over time Alfred rose to head the research laboratory at Miles and in 1972 became vice president for technical services and scientific relations. The Frees both retired in 1982, but through 2007 Helen served as a consultant to what is now Bayer Diagnostics.

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   Why did Helen & Alfred develop multiple test strips?

   • Helen and Alfred went beyond testing for glucose and developed other strips for testing levels of key indicators of disease. Once they achieved success with a number of different test strips, they turned their attention to combining more than one test on a single strip.

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   Helen M. Free (1923–2021) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the daughter of James S. Murray, a coal-company salesman, and Daisy Piper Murray, who died in an influenza epidemic when Helen was six. She received her early education in the public schools of Youngstown, Ohio, and graduated from a small high school in Poland, a Youngstown suburb.

5. lemelson.mit.edu › resources › helen-freeHelen Free | Lemelson

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   Helen Free is a chemist who invented dip-and-read tests for diabetes and urinalysis. She also worked for Bayer and promoted science education, especially for women and underprivileged students.

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7. www.chemistryviews.org › helen-murray-free-and-aHelen Murray Free and a Breakthrough in At-Home Diabetes ...

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   Feb 26, 2024 · Helen Murray Free (1923 – 2021) was an American chemist [1–6]. She is best known for revolutionizing at-home diagnostic testing for diabetes and other diseases by inventing dip-and-read test strips together with research partner and husband Alfred Free. The tests are still sold today. “The Most Terrific Thing”

8. www.washingtonpost.com › local › obituariesHelen Murray Free, chemist who revolutionized diabetes ...

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   Helen Murray Free, chemist who revolutionized diabetes testing, dies at 98. By Emily Langer. May 4, 2021 at 9:41 p.m. EDT. Helen Murray Free receives the National Medal of Technology...

9. eshalloffame.org › inductee › helen-m-freeHelen M. Free - Engineering & Science Hall of Fame

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   Specific Accomplishment: Helen Murray Free was the wife in the husband-and-wife team of biochemists who revolutionized diagnostic urine testing with their invention of an easy-to-use, chemically coated paper dipstick that measures a patient’s blood sugar by changing color when dipped in a urine sample. Her research work in diagnostic ...