Quote by: Gertrude B. Elion

I had fallen in love with a young man..., and we were planning to get married. And then he died of subacute bacterial endocarditis... Two years later with the advent of penicillin, he would have been saved. It reinforced in my mind the importance of scientific discovery...


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  • NameGertrude B. Elion
  • DescriptionAmerican biochemist and pharmacologist
  • BornJanuary 23, 1918
  • DiedFebruary 21, 1999
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionBiologist; Chemist; Biochemist; Pharmacologist; Pharmacist; Physician
  • AwardsNobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine; National Women's Hall Of Fame