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George Herbert Hitchings (April 18, 1905 – February 27, 1998) was an American medical doctor who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sir James Black and Gertrude Elion "for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment", Hitchings specifically for his work on chemotherapy.
Apr 14, 2024 · azathioprine. pyrimethamine. Gertrude B. Elion (born Jan. 23, 1918, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Feb. 21, 1999, Chapel Hill, N.C.) 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.
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Andrew was a skilled craftsman in the building of wooden ships, and my father, George Herbert Hitchings, Sr., followed in his footsteps, eventually becoming a marine architect and master builder. On my mother’s side, Scottish and English prevailed. The first American was one Thomas Littlejohn from near Edinburgh, who came to the New World ...
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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 ...
Feb 27, 1998 · George H. Hitchings. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1988. Born: 18 April 1905, Hoquiam, WA, USA. Died: 27 February 1998, 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”.
Mar 2, 1998 · Dr. George H. Hitchings, who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1988 for pharmaceutical research that led to the creation of drugs to treat leukemia, gout, malaria and disorders of the human ...
Mar 1, 1998 · An obituary in some copies yesterday about Dr. George H. Hitchings, who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1988, omitted a reference to his first wife. She was the former Beverly Reimer, who died ...
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