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The
President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
GERTRUDE B. ELION
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Scientist Emeritus |
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| Affiliation: |
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Burroughs Wellcome Company |
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3030 Cornwalis Road |
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Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 USA |
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| Gender: |
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Female
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| Year Deceased: |
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1999 |
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| Award Discipline: |
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Chemistry |
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| Award Year: |
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1991 |
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| Citation: |
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"For her basic research which enhanced the sciences of chemistry and medicine by elucidating fundamental principles of drug-receptor interactions for nucleic acid antagonists." |
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Presented by President Bush at a White House Rose Garden Ceremony on September 16, 1991. |
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| Nobel Laureate: |
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Physiology or Medicine, 1988 |
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