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Born in 1918, Gertrude Elion faced discrimination in #science, unable to get a job as a woman. So she volunteered as a lab dishwasher, earning enough $ for grad work at NYU, where she was the only woman in chemistry classes.

Eventually Elion helped revolutionize medicine w George Hitchings. They figured out how to interfere with cell growth, leading to effective drugs for treating leukemia, gout, malaria, herpes & more, earning a 1988 Nobel Prize. https://www.acs.org/education/whatischemistry/women-scientists/gertrude-elion.html #HistoryRemix #history

Gertrude Elion - American Chemical Society

Gertrude Elion and colleague George Hitchings went off the beaten path of trial-and-error drug development to revolutionize drug making.
American Chemical Society
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Ponygirl
Ponygirl
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Aww, she could make enough $$ for grad school by doing dishes. What a fairy land they lived in!!
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Bruce Acton
Bruce Acton
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Thanks for posting this Sheril, I started watching the Apple version of this story, Lessons in Chemistry but found it a bit too dark for me (Episode 2) so haven’t pushed through. Have you checked the series out?
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Sheril Kirshenbaum
Sheril Kirshenbaum
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@Bwacton I haven’t yet but a lot of people keep telling me to watch bc of my science/cooking show. So I will def need to check it out.

I’m currently making my way through S2 of Julia on Max which is just delightful.

@Bruce Acton

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