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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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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.