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1. www.nobelprize.org › stories › gertrude-elionThe Nobel Prize | Women who changed science | Gertrude Elion

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   Match with a laureate. Laureates Explore About. With the drugs that she created, Gertrude Elion fulfilled her life’s mission: to alleviate human suffering. Beyond the individual drugs she discovered, she pioneered a new, more scientific approach to drug development that forever altered – and accelerated – medical research.

2. www.nobelprize.org › prizes › medicineThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1988 - NobelPrize.org

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   George H. Hitchings. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1988 was awarded jointly to Sir James W. Black, Gertrude B. Elion and George H. Hitchings "for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment". MLA style: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1988.

3. sciencehistory.org › education › scientificGeorge Hitchings and Gertrude Elion | Science History Institute

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   George Hitchings (1905–1998) and Gertrude Elion (1918–1999) diverged from this traditional path by deliberately designing new molecules with specific molecular structures, using what today is termed rational drug design. Using this effective technique they designed compounds that would interfere with the natural production of DNA in cells ...

4. lemelson.mit.edu › resources › gertrude-elionGertrude Elion | Lemelson

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   In a career spanning over 40 years, Gertrude Belle Elion invented some of the 20th century's most significant lifesaving drugs. Elion was born in New York City in 1918. Her childhood love of science was fostered both in public school and in frequent trips to the Bronx Zoo. By 1933, when she was only 15, Elion was ready to enter college.

5. nap.nationalacademies.org › read › 9977Gertrude B. Elion | Biographical Memoirs: Volume 78 | The ...

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   GERTRUDE B. ELION. January 23, 1918–February 21, 1999. BY MARY ELLEN AVERY. IN THE SPRING OF 1933 Gertrude Elion graduated from high school and that summer she had to select a major subject before she could begin her freshman year at Hunter College.

6. sitn.hms.harvard.edu › flash › 2021Gertrude Elion: Forging the path towards a cure for cancer

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   Jun 3, 2021 · Born in 1918 in New York City, Gertrude “Trudy” Elion was raised by her Lithuanian and Russian immigrant parents and close grandfather. When she was a teenager, her grandfather died of stomach cancer, prompting Elion to study science in search of a drug to cure cancer. She attended Hunter College on a full merit scholarship – a necessity ...

7. womeninexploration.org › timeline › gertrude-b-elionTimeline - Women in Exploration

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   Elion is named on 45 patents for life-saving and life-changing drugs and was awarded 23 honorary degrees. Born on January 23, 1918, in New York City, Gertrude B. Elion was the daughter of Robert Elion and Bertha Elion, both affected by the Wall Street Crash in 1929. As she graduated from Walton High School at the age of 15, she spent time with ...