George Hitchings, an American doctor, and Gertrude Elion, an American biochemist and pharmacologist, made important breakthroughs with antiviral medications.
Despite her retirement, Elion continued working almost full-time at the lab,
and oversaw the adaptation of azidothymidine(AZT), which became the first drug used for treatment of AIDS.
Gertrude Belle Elion January 23,
1918- February 21, 1999 was an American biochemist and pharmacologist, who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with George H.
Despite her retirement, Elion continued working almost full time at the lab,
and oversaw the adaptation of azidothymidine(AZT), which became the first drug used for treatment of AIDS.
Despite her retirement, Elion continued working almost full-time at the lab
and oversaw the adaptation of azidothymidine(AZT), which became the first drug used for the treatment of AIDS.
Working alone as well as with Hitchings, Elion developed a multitude of new drugs, using innovative
research methods that would later lead to the development of the AIDS drug AZT.
Working alone as well as with Hitchings and Black, Elion developed a multitude of new drugs,
using innovative research methods that would later lead to the development of the AIDS drug AZT.
Working alone as well as with George H. Hitchings, Elion developed a multitude of new drugs,
using innovative research methods that would later lead to the development of the AIDS drug AZT.