Gertrude B. Elion
Gertrude "Trudy" Belle Elion was an American biochemist and pharmacologist, who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with George H. Hitchings and Sir James Black for their use of innovative methods of rational drug design for the development of new drugs. This new method focused on understanding the target of the drug rather than simply using trial-and-error.
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- Born in
- New York
- Educated at
- New York UniversityNew York University Tandon School of EngineeringHunter CollegeWalton High SchoolJamaica High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine🏆 Lemelson–MIT Prize🏆 National Medal of Science🏆 Garvan–Olin Medal
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 George H. Hitchings
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1918
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