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
“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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Gertrude Elion was awarded the Nobel Prize after she had retired. The Nobel Prize opened the door for her to do something she enjoyed very much – tutoring Medical Students. She did so at Duke University. Also, suddenly, people were requesting her to be on advisory boards and communities and to deliver lectures.