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Also Known As Gertrude Belle Elion
Born January 23, 1918 • New York City • New York
Died February 21, 1999 (aged 81) • Chapel Hill • North Carolina
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize
Subjects Of Study acyclovir • allopurinol • anticancer drug • azathioprine • pyrimethamine

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