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February 21, 1999 (81 years old)
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Aquarius
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Celebrities born on January 23
Born in 1918
Born in New York City, New York
Aquarius named Gertrude
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Gertrude B. Elion
Gertrude "Trudy" Belle Elion is an American biochemist and pharmacist who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology with George H. Hitchings and Sir James Black because they used innovative methods in conception. Rational medicine for developing new drugs This new approach focuses on understanding the target of a drug rather than using trial and error. His work led to the creation of the anti-AIDS drug AZT. His famous work also included the development of the first immunosuppressive drug, azathioprine, used to combat rejection in organ transplants, and the first successful antiviral drug, acyclovir, used in the treatment of herpes.
BornGertrude Belle Elion, January 23, 1918, New York City, United States
DiedFebruary 21, 1999, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US
CitizenshipUnited States
InstitutionsBurroughs Wellcome, Duke University
Alma materHunter College, New York University
Notable awardsGarvan-Olin Medal (1968), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1988), National Medal of Science (1991), Lemelson-MIT Prize (1997), National Inventors Hall of Fame (1991), ForMemRS (1995)

About Gertrude B. Elion

Pharmacologist Gertrude B. Elion was born in New York City, New York, United States on January 23, 1918. She dies at the age of 81, on February 21, 1999.

Pioneering pharmacologist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1988 for creating novel pharmaceuticals to treat diseases such as leukemia, gout, and malaria, among others. In 1991, she was the first woman elected into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

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Gertrude B. Elion before becoming famous

Gertrude B. Elion was born in the Zodiac sign Aquarius (The Water-Bearer), and 1918 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Horse (馬).

In 1941, she received her master's degree from New York University.

Achievement of Gertrude B. Elion

Her methods were essential in the invention of the anti-AIDS drug AZT, and she was the first woman to be elected into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1991.

Gertrude B. Elion's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

She dated Leonard Canter for a long time but never married him.

Gertrude B. Elion Collabed with

In 1988, she was named a Nobel Laureate alongside Biologist Paul Ehrlich.

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Gertrude B. Elion Income & Net worth

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