Rosalyn Yalow
Rosalyn Yalow
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1977
Nobel co-recipients: Roger Guillemin, Andrew V. Schally
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Name: Rosalyn Yalow
Birth: 19 July 1921, New York, NY, USA
Death: 30 May 2011, New York, NY, USA
Residence: Veterans Administration Hospital, Bronx, NY, USA
Award: “for the development of radioimmunoassays of peptide hormones.”
Portion of Cash: 1/3
Award: “for the development of radioimmunoassays of peptide hormones.”
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Rosalyn Yalow and colleague Solomon Berson. Photo: National Library of Medicine.
Solomon Berson, her colleague with whom she had conducted research had passed away in 1972 by the time the Noble Prize was awarded for the work in 1977.
Later she held the position of the Solomon A. Berson Distinguished Professor at Large at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.