Word: elion
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DIED. GERTRUDE ELION, 81, pioneer researcher and Nobel prizewinner; in Chapel Hill, N.C. She helped develop the first drugs to combat leukemia and herpes effectively, and oversaw the development of AZT, used to treat AIDS...
Gertrude B. Elion...
...doctor whose drug research helped to save the lives of countless leukemia patients and earned her a Nobel Prize in Medicine and the National Medalof Science, Elion will be honored today with adoctorate of science...
...only 10 women who have been awarded aNobel Prize in science, Elion furtherdistinguished herself by being one of only ahandful to do so without a Ph.D...
...Elion did much of her research atpharmaceutical giant Glaxo Wellcome, where shehelped develop a drug that prevents the body fromrejecting foreign tissue, aiding kidneytransplants...