Gertrude Elion (1918–1999) and colleague George Hitchings (1905–1998) went off the beaten path of trial-and-error drug development to revolutionize drug making ...

She never earned a PhD — but she earned a Nobel Prize. Born shortly after World War I, Gertrude Elion revolutionized modern medicine with the invention of lifesaving drugs, from leukemia treatments to ...

As we wrap up Woman’s History Month, a time dedicated to honoring women's contributions to history, we will highlight the life of Gertrude “Trudy” Belle Elion, a pioneer of rational drug design whose ...

Fifty years ago, few scientists believed a drug could fight viruses with low side effects. Then Gertrude Elion showed the doubters "what I could do on my own." Born in 1918 in Manhattan, Gertrude ...