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Gertrude B. Elion

nobel prize for medicine


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Gertrude B. Elion
Full Name
of the recipient
Gertrude B. Elion
AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year of Award1988
Share in Award33.3%
Award Shared withSir James W. Black (33.3%)
George H. Hitchings (33.3%)
Motivation
for the Award
for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment
Affiliation
at the Time of Award
Wellcome Research Laboratories, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Place of BirthNew York, NY, United States USA
Date of Birth23 January 1918
Age
at the time of Award
69 years
Place of DeathChapel Hill, NC, United States USA
Date of Death21 February 1999
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