Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow was an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for development of the radioimmunoassay technique. She was the second woman, and the first American-born woman, to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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- Born in
- New York City
- Educated at
- New York UniversityUniversity of Illinois Urbana–ChampaignHunter CollegeWalton High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine🏆 National Medal of Science🏆 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research🏆 Canada Gairdner International Award🏆 Dickson Prize in Medicine
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1921
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