January 23, 1918:
Birthday of Gertrude Elion, American biochemist who received the 1987 Nobel Prize in medicine for creating a drug with the remarkable success rate of totally curing 80% of all childhood leukemia patients. In addition, she helped develop drugs to prevent kidney rejection and to treat anemia, hepatitis, gout, herpes, malaria and shingles. She also helped create the first licensed U.S. drug to combat AIDS.
Birthday of Gertrude Elion, American biochemist who received the 1987 Nobel Prize in medicine for creating a drug with the remarkable success rate of totally curing 80% of all childhood leukemia patients. In addition, she helped develop drugs to prevent kidney rejection and to treat anemia, hepatitis, gout, herpes, malaria and shingles. She also helped create the first licensed U.S. drug to combat AIDS.
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