Gertrude B. Elion

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Nobel laureate biochemist human pharmacologist

Gertrude B. Elion was an American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate, renowned for pioneering the rational design of drugs to treat leukemia, autoimmune disorders, and organ transplant rejection.

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Label	Occurrences
Gertrude B. Elion canonical	3
Elion	1
Gertrude Belle Elion	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate ⓘ biochemist ⓘ human ⓘ pharmacologist ⓘ
awardReceived	Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award ⓘ surface form: Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award National Medal of Science ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
causeOfDeath	cardiovascular disease ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1918-01-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1999-02-21 ⓘ
degree	bachelor's degree in chemistry ⓘ
educatedAt	Hunter College ⓘ New York University ⓘ
employer	Burroughs Wellcome Company ⓘ
familyName	Gertrude B. Elion self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Elion
fieldOfWork	biochemistry ⓘ medicinal chemistry ⓘ pharmacology ⓘ
fullName	Gertrude B. Elion self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gertrude Belle Elion
givenName	Gertrude ⓘ
influenced	development of chemotherapy for childhood leukemia ⓘ development of organ transplantation protocols ⓘ
knownFor	development of antiviral drugs ⓘ development of drugs for autoimmune disorders ⓘ development of drugs to treat leukemia ⓘ development of immunosuppressive drugs for organ transplantation ⓘ rational drug design ⓘ
memberOf	American Association for the Advancement of Science ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ surface form: National Academy of Sciences of the United States
NobelLaureateCo-recipient	George H. Hitchings ⓘ Sir James Black ⓘ surface form: Sir James W. Black
NobelPrizeCategory	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ surface form: Physiology or Medicine
NobelPrizeYear	1988 ⓘ
notableWork	6-mercaptopurine ⓘ acyclovir ⓘ allopurinol ⓘ azathioprine ⓘ pyrimethamine ⓘ trimethoprim ⓘ
placeOfBirth	New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Chapel Hill, North Carolina ⓘ
positionHeld	head of the Department of Experimental Therapy at Burroughs Wellcome ⓘ
residence	Durham, North Carolina ⓘ New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
workInstitution	Wellcome Research Laboratories ⓘ
workLocation	Research Triangle Park, North Carolina ⓘ

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John Scott Medal → notableRecipient → Gertrude B. Elion ⓘ

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists) → notableLaureate → Gertrude B. Elion ⓘ

subject surface form: Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Gertrude B. Elion → fullName → Gertrude B. Elion self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gertrude Belle Elion

Gertrude B. Elion → familyName → Gertrude B. Elion self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elion

Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh → notableRecipient → Gertrude B. Elion ⓘ