The first treatment for childhood leukemia, the immunosuppressant that made early organ transplants possible, the anti-viral used to treat chickenpox and shingles, an anti-malaria drug that treats pneumonia in HIV/AIDS patients, and techniques that led to AZT. 🧪 👩🔬 🦠
@mcnees.bsky.socialBiochemist Gertrude B. Elion was born #OTD in 1918.
Co-winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Medicine, she developed a remarkable array of important pharmaceuticals using “rational drug design” that focused on differences in the biochemistry of healthy cells and pathogens. 🧪 👩🔬 🦠
