Gertrude B. Elion M.S.[Chemistry]

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1988
Co-Nobelists: Sir James W. Black, George H. Hitchings
National Medal of Science - Chemistry 1991

Chemist, Pharmacologist. Discovered principles for drug treatment; developed drugs - anticancer, immunosuppressive, antiviral, antibacterial, anti-gout, anti-malarial. Purines.

"I was a child with an insatiable thirst for knowledge. My beloved grandfather died of cancer when I was 15. I was highly motivated to discover a cure for this terrible disease".

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1997 Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Gertrude B. Elion, Lemelson Foundation 4:45.

Dr. Gertrude Belle Elion: WITI Hall of Fame 1998 Induction Video - Women In Technology International, Uploaded on Nov 6, 2009, 3:03

Gertrude Elion. Possibly more than one person with same name.