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Gertrude B. Elion

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Gertrude B. Elion: Women who changed science

 

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Gertrude B. Elion: Winner Of Nobel Prize For Medicine | 7 Days Of Genius | MSNBC

 

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Reseña Biográfica GERTRUDE BELLE ELION Nobel en Fisiología y Medicina

 

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Dr. Gertrude B. Elion, Research Professor, Duke University, 1996

 

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Entrevista a Gertrude B. Elion parte 3

Gertrude 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. Working alone as well as with Hitchings and Black, Elion developed a multitude of new drugs, using innovative research methods that would later lead to the development of the AIDS drug AZT. She developed the first immunosuppressive drug, azathioprine, used for organ transplants. She also developed the first successful antiviral drug, acyclovir (ACV), for the treatment of Herpes infection.
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