Science Superstars by Jennifer Calvert

Author:Jennifer Calvert
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHARMACOLOGY // BORN: 1918 • DIED: 1999

GERTRUDE B. ELION, PHD, SCD

“Don’t be afraid of hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Don’t let others discourage you or tell you that you can’t do it.”

—GERTRUDE B. ELION

  DEVELOPED DRUGS TO TREAT LEUKEMIA, INFECTIONS, MALARIA, GOUT, HERPES, AND AIDS AND TO PREVENT KIDNEY TRANSPLANT REJECTION

  SHARED THE 1988 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY FOR HER REVOLUTIONARY METHOD OF PRODUCING PHARMACEUTICALS

When the odds are stacked against you, you have two choices: give up or try to beat the odds. Gertrude Belle Elion chose option number 2. And she didn’t just try—she beat the odds over and over again. From getting her degrees during the Great Depression, to finding work as a female chemist, and finally revolutionizing the pharmaceutical industry, Gertrude never let a slim chance stand in her way.

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