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Gertrude Elion, joint winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, was born #OTD in 1918. During her career she developed multiple life-saving drugs 💊 www.compoundchem.com/2018/01/23/e...

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“Today in Chemistry History” infographic highlighting Gertrude B. Elion. Elion was jointly awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work on the development of a number of medicines. The graphic lists drugs she helped develop with chemical structures: mercaptopurine (leukemia), azathioprine (transplant rejection), trimethoprim (antibiotic), allopurinol (gout), aciclovir (antiviral), pyrimethamine (malaria, toxoplasmosis), and nelarabine (cancer).
January 23, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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