Gertrude B. Elion Gertrude B. Elion. Gertrude B. Elion (January 23, 1918 February 21, 1999),was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1988. http://www.fact-index.com/g/ge/gertrude_b__elion.html
Gertrude B. Elion Gertrude B. Elion. Gertrude B. Elion (Leden 23, 1918 Únor 21, 1999), byl príjemceNobelova cena ve fyziologii nebo medicíne v 1988. Externí spojení. http://wikipedia.infostar.cz/g/ge/gertrude_b__elion.html
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Extractions: I N THE SPRING OF 1933 Gertrude Elion graduated from high school and that summer she had to select a major subject before she could begin her freshman year at Hunter College. This posed a quandary for the future Nobel Prize recipient, as well as holder of 45 patents, 23 honorary degrees, and a long list of other honors: She had liked all her school subjects, making it difficult to select just one. "I loved to learn everything, everything in sight and I was never satisfied that I knew everything there was to know in each of my courses." Fatefully, that summer her grandfather, whom she loved dearly, died of cancer. "I watched him go over a period of months in a very painful way, and it suddenly occurred to me that what I really needed to do was to become a scientist, and particularly a chemist, so that I would go out there and make a cure for cancer." (All quotations in this memoir are from the author's taped 1997 interview with G. B. Elion). Become a scientist she did, and along the way she synthesized and co-developed two of the first successful drugs for the treatment of leukemia (thioguanine and mercaptopurine), as well as azathioprine (Imuran), an agent to prevent the rejection of kidney transplants and to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Trudy (as she was called by her many friends) also played a major role in the development of allopurinol for the treatment of gout and of acyclovir, the first selective antiviral agent that was effective against herpes virus infections.
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Extractions: Like Rosalyn Yalow , Elion was admitted to Hunter College in New York at an early age. Elion began her classes at the women's college at the age of 15. Four years later, she graduated summa cum laude with a degree in chemistry. She went on to earn a masters degree in chemistry at New York University before going to work for George Hitchings. Elion eventually became a partner with Hitchings doing biochemical research. Their work resulted in the development of a variety of drugs, including the AIDS drug, AZT, a drug to treat acute leukemia and another that made kidney transplants possible between unrelated donors. The world's first medication that could kill a virus, which Elion and Hitchings developed together, is often used to treat herpes. Elion's work earned 45 patents. She shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1988 with George Hitchings and James Black. More information about Gertrude B. Elion Bio of Gertrude B. Elion National Institute of Health, Women in Science and Health Network (Wish-net)
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Extractions: Index Students can use this informative web site to study the many womenpast and presentwho are involved in science. Read their biographies and online interviews.Take an electronic field trip to an observatory, a cytogenetic lab, or an earthquake center. Maybe someday someone you know will be listed here. Could it be you? Visit Site 1998 ThinkQuest Internet Challenge Languages English Students Nicole Craigmont High School, Memphis, TN, United States Kyle R. Craigmont High School, Memphis, TN, United States Arne Mariengymnasium Jever, Jever, Germany Coaches Lisa Craigmont High School, Memphis, TN, United States Dr. Falko Mariengymnasium Jever, Jever, Germany Martin Mariengymnasium Jever, 26441 Jever, Germany Want to build a ThinkQuest site? The ThinkQuest site above is one of thousands of educational web sites built by students from around the world. Click here to learn how you can build a ThinkQuest site. Privacy Policy
Academy Of Achievement: Gertrude B. Elion Profile gertrude B. elion. Nobel Prize in Medicine. Inducted into the Academy in 1989 " I had no specific bent toward science until my grandfather died of stomach cancer. I decided that nobody should suffer http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/eli0pro-1
Extractions: Nobel Prize in Medicine Inducted into the Academy in 1989 "I had no specific bent toward science until my grandfather died of stomach cancer. I decided that nobody should suffer that much." Young Gertrude Elion's ambition to find new medicines led her to the study of chemistry, but when she graduated from college, she found it almost impossible to find a job in the field. Most employers at that time would not hire a woman to perform scientific work. Gertrude Elion refused to be deterred. She worked wherever she could, often for little or no money, until at last she found a stable position at Burroughs Wellcome, where she was allowed to fulfill her potential as a scientist. In time, her discoveries were to win her the Nobel Prize for medicine, although she was not a medical doctor and had never received a doctorate in her own field. Drugs she developed or discovered have been successful in treating leukemia and have enabled kidney patients to receive transplants from unrelated donors. She led the team that developed accyclovir, the first successful anti-viral medication. Thousands of people around the world owe their lives to Gertrude Elion's patient determination.
Academy Of Achievement: Gertrude B. Elion Interview gertrude B. elion Nobel Prize in Medicine INTERVIEW March 6, 1991 SanFrancisco, California. Reading about your career, I was struck http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/eli0int-1
Extractions: ...I had no specific bent towards science until my grandfather, who died that summer of stomach cancer. video audio And I had been trying to decide what I was going to study in college I was just about to enter college and decided that I really have finally an aim in life. I was going to do something about cancer. Well, that meant I had to take a science, and so it was either chemistry or biology, and I decided on chemistry. So it was really very clear in my mind from then on what I wanted to do. How I was going to get there I wasn't so sure of. Were you very close to that grandfather? I was very close to (my grandfather) because he came over from Europe when I was about three years old, and lived very close to us, and used to take me to the park and tell me stories. And when my brother was born, about two years later, he spent more time with me while my mother was busy with the baby, and so we got to be very close. And also, I watched him die, essentially, in the hospital. And that made a terrific impression on me.
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Gertrude Belle Elion - A Lifeline gertrude Belle elion. A Lifeline. Throughout this page, click on highlighted footnote numbers for links to sites with more information.) In many profound ways, the story of the history of science is http://www.chemheritage.org/EducationalServices/pharm/chemo/readings/lifeline.ht
Extractions: A Lifeline (Throughout this page, click on highlighted footnote numbers for links to sites with more information.) In many profound ways, the story of the history of science is the story of people's lives. The development of chemotherapeutic agents owes much to Gertude Belle Elion. Elion's parents were immigrants to America, and she did not have the access to the traditional educational career leading to the doctoral degree that most highly successful scientists follow. Despite this, Elion had an extraordinary career in the chemical sciences and their applications to human health. Menu Early 1900s Moreover, she began her scientific career in the 1940s, the World War II era. This was a time when women at the cutting-edge of scientific research were quite rare, and this makes Elion's successes all the more remarkable. Her career spanned the decades from the 1940s through the 1980s, and throughout this time Elion witnessed significant strides women took to be included in the scientific enterprise. Her research accomplishments include six different drugs used to combat nine serious medical conditions including leukemia, organ transplants, viral herpes and AIDS. Early 1900s Elion's parents emigrated to United States, her father from Lithuania and her mother from the region of Russia that eventually became Poland. Her father worked his way through dental school at New York University. Her mother was a seamstress.
Gertrude B. Elion - Autobiography gertrude B. elion Autobiography. I was of scientists. From LesPrix Nobel 1988. gertrude B. elion died on February 21, 1999. http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1988/elion-autobio.html
Extractions: I was born in New York City on a cold January night when the water pipes in our apartment froze and burst. Fortunately, my mother was in the hospital rather than at home at the time. My father emigrated from Lithuania to the United States at the age of 12. He received his higher education in New York City and graduated in 1914 from the New York University School of Dentistry. My mother came at the age of 14 from a part of Russia which, after the war, became Poland; she was only 19 when she was married to my father. My first seven years were spent in a large apartment in Manhattan where my father had his dental office, with our living quarters adjoining it. My brother was born about six years after I was, and shortly thereafter we moved to the Bronx, which was then considered a suburb of New York City. There were still many open lots where children could play and large parks, including the Bronx Zoo, to which I was very much devoted. My brother and I had a happy childhood. We went to a public school within walking distance of our house. Our classrooms were generally quite crowded, but we received a good basic education. I was a child with an insatiable thirst for knowledge and remember enjoying all of my courses almost equally. When it came time at the end of my high school career to choose a major in which to specialize I was in a quandary. One of the deciding factors may have been that my grandfather, whom I loved dearly, died of cancer when I was 15. I was highly motivated to do something that might eventually lead to a cure for this terrible disease. When I entered Hunter College in 1933, I decided to major in science and, in particular, chemistry.
Extractions: Health and Science Inventions and Discoveries The National Inventors Hall of Fame Elion, Gertrude Belle Born: Birthplace: New York City Elion synthesized the leukemia-fighting drug 6-mercaptopurine. Her other developments were drugs used to block organ rejections in kidney transplant patients, for the treatment of gout and to battle herpes virus infections. (1991) Died: Elion, Gertrude Belle Elion, Gertrude Belle (biography) (Her Heritage: A Biographical Encyclopedia of Famous American Women) A Pioneer of Drug Development (ScienceNOW) (book review) (School Library Journal) (book review) (Library Journal) OBITUARIES: DEATHS AND FUNERALS (The Atlanta Journal) (book review) (School Library Journal) Gertrude B. Elion, Nobel Prize Winner and Glaxo Wellcome Scientist Emeritus, 1918-1999.
Gertrude B. Elion Winner Of The 1988 Nobel Prize In Medicine gertrude B. elion, a Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology and Medicine, at the Nobel Prize Internet Archive. gertrude B. elion. 1988 Nobel Laureate in Medicine Links added by Nobel Internet Archive visitors. gertrude B. elion page by Ronald J http://www.almaz.com/nobel/medicine/1988b.html
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Extractions: Advanced Search About us Publications Membership ... 2004 AACR Annual Meeting The AACR is pleased to announce the availability of the Gertrude B. Elion Cancer Research Award. The purpose of this annual award is to foster meritorious basic, translational, or clinical cancer research by a tenure-track scientist at the level of Assistant Professor. The award recognizes research excellence in cancer etiology, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention. This award honors the late Dr. Gertrude B. Elion, Scientist Emeritus at Glaxo Wellcome Co. (now GlaxoSmithKline). Her seminal research at the company revolutionized cancer therapeutics and her prolific contributions to biomedical science earned her the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1988. The AACR is extremely pleased to sponsor this award in the name of Dr. Elion, a distinguished Past President and Honorary Member of the AACR. 2004 Application Deadline