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Women of Valor: Gertrude Elion

For Students 9th - 10th
Profiles the fascinating career and life of Nobel Prize winning chemist, Gertrude Elion (1918-1999). Because of her efforts in developing drugs and cancer treatments, countless lives have been saved.
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Primary
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Gertrude B. Elion Nobel Lecture: Purine Path to Chemotherapy

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the Nobel e-Museum you can download and read Gertrude B. Elion's Nobel Lecture, "The purine path to chemotherapy." This lecture, originally given by Elion on December 8, 1988, is available in pdf format.
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Handout
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Gertrude B. Elion Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
Read Gertrude B. Elion's autobiography at this Nobel Foundation online museum. Learn about her contributions to the study of immunology, for which she is honored with the Nobel Prize. Includes information on her personal and professional...
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Finding Dulcinea: Gertrude B. Elion

For Students 3rd - 8th
Article on Gertrude B. Elion, who was a co-recipient of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her work in discovering a drug for treating leukemia.
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Curated OER

Finding Dulcinea: Gertrude B. Elion: Photograph

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Photograph of Gertrude B. Elion.