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19/07/1921 American physicist Rosalyn S. Yalow is born

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Rosalyn Yalow, Nobel Laureate, 1997

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rosalyn.mp4 Dr. Rosalyn Yalow

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Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: Winner Of Nobel Prize For Medicine | 7 Days Of Genius | MSNBC

She co-invented the radioimmunoassay (RIA) technique. It is a very sensitive method used to measure concentrations of substances. Yalow and her colleagues applied RIA to study of the physiology of the peptide hormones like insulin or growth hormone. They uncovered pathogenesis of diseases caused by abnormal secretion of these hormones.