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Feb 22, 1999 · October 1988: Medical researchers Gertrude B. Elion and George Hitchings after winning Nobel Prize in Medicine. Over the years, Elion’s explorations had expanded from her original background in organic chemistry to encompass biochemistry, pharmacology, immunology, and finally virology.
Gertrude "Trudy" [2] Belle Elion (January 23, 1918 – February 21, 1999) was an American biochemist and pharmacologist, who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with George H. Hitchings and Sir James Black for their use of innovative methods of rational drug design for the development of new drugs. [3]
Dec 4, 2007 · Gertrude Belle Elion (1918–1999) was a teenager when her grandfather died of stomach cancer in 1933. From that point on she wanted to be a scientist so that she could fight disease.
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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"
Feb 21, 1999 · Died: 21 February 1999, 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”. Prize share: 1/3.
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May 9, 2008 · Elion obtained her Master of Science degree in chemistry in 1941 after which she started working as a quality control chemist in the Quaker Maid Company food laboratory, checking the color of mayonnaise, the acidity of pickles, and the mold levels on fruit.
