GERTRUDE B. ELION

1988 Nobel Laureate in Medicine

for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment.

Born: 1918-Feb 21,1999
Place of Birth: New York City, U.S.A.
Affiliation: Wellcome Research Laboratories, Research Triangle Park, NC

• Gertrude Elion : Master Chemist (Masters of Invention) by Stephanie St. Pierre (Library Binding - June 1993)
• Books on the Pharmaceutical Chemistry

• Prize co-recipient: Sir James W. Black
• Prize co-recipient: George H. Hitchings
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• Gertrude B. Elion page by Ronald J. Riley (submitted by Ronald J. Riley)
• SCIENCE HERO: GERTRUDE B. ELION (submitted by Davis Brown)
• Gertrude Belle Elion Biography (submitted by Mike)
• Gertrude B. Elion – Autobiography (submitted by Fill)
• Gertrude B. Elion Biography from Encyclopedia Britannica (submitted by www.britannica.com)
• Gertrude Belle Elion (submitted by Lukas)
• Women of Valor: Gertrude Elion (submitted by Phoebe M. Fuentes)
• Extensive 1991 Interview with Gertrude Elion (submitted by Phoebe M. Fuentes)

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