Gertrude B. Elion M.S.[Chemistry]
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
Name: Gertrude Belle Elion
Birth: 23 January 1918, New York, NY, USA
Death: 21 February 1999, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Institution: Wellcome Research Laboratories, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Award: “for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment”
Subject: Pharmacology
Portion of cash: 1/3
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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The President’s National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Title: Scientist Emeritus
Affiliation: Burroughs Wellcome Company 3030 Cornwalis Road
Research Triangle Park,North Carolina 27709 USA
Gender: Female
Year Deceased: 1999
Award Discipline: Chemistry
Award Year: 1991
Citation: “For her basic research which enhanced the sciences of chemistry and medicine by elucidating fundamental principles of drug-receptor interactions for nucleic acid antagonists.”
Presented by President Bush at a White House Rose Garden Ceremony on September 16, 1991.