Gertrude B. Elion
Chemist, Academic
1918 – 1999
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Who was Gertrude B. Elion?
Gertrude Belle Elion was an American biochemist and pharmacologist, and a 1988 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Working alone as well as with George H. Hitchings, Elion developed a multitude of new drugs, using innovative research methods that would later lead to the development of the AIDS drug AZT.
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- Born
- Jan 23, 1918
New York City - Also known as
- Gertrude Elion
- Gertrude Belle Elion
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Polytechnic Institute of New York University
- New York University
- Hunter College
- Employment
- Duke University
- Lived in
- New York City
- Died
- Feb 21, 1999
Chapel Hill
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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