Gertrude Bеllе Eliоn (Jаnuаrу 23, 1918 – Fеbruаrу 21, 1999) was аn Amеriсаn biосhеmiѕt аnd pharmacologist.
Hе ѕhаrеd the 1988 Nоbеl Prize in Phуѕiоlоgу оr Medicine with...
Don't be afraid of hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Don't let others discourage you or tell you that you can't do it. In my day I was told women didn't go into chemistry. I saw no reason why we couldn't. Gertrude B. Elion
Don't be afraid of hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Don't let others discourage you or tell you that you can't do it. In my day I was told women didn't go into chemistry. I saw no reason why we couldn't.
Nobody would aim for a Nobel Prize because, if you didn't get it, your whole life would be wasted. What we were aiming at was getting people well, and the satisfaction of that is much greater than any prize you can get. Gertrude B. Elion
Nobody would aim for a Nobel Prize because, if you didn't get it, your whole life would be wasted. What we were aiming at was getting people well, and the satisfaction of that is much greater than any prize you can get.
The Nobel Prize is fine, but the drugs I've developed are rewards in themselves. Gertrude B. Elion
The Nobel Prize is fine, but the drugs I've developed are rewards in themselves.
Two years later with the advent of penicillin, he would have been saved. It reinforced in my mind the importance of scientific discovery. Gertrude B. Elion
Two years later with the advent of penicillin, he would have been saved. It reinforced in my mind the importance of scientific discovery.
I've been very fortunate that my work led to useful drugs for a variety of serious illnesses. The thrill of seeing people get well who might otherwise have died of diseases like leukemia, kidney failure, and herpes virus encephalitis. Gertrude B. Elion
I've been very fortunate that my work led to useful drugs for a variety of serious illnesses. The thrill of seeing people get well who might otherwise have died of diseases like leukemia, kidney failure, and herpes virus encephalitis.
I had no specific bent toward science until my grandfather died of stomach cancer. I decided that nobody should suffer that much. Gertrude B. Elion
I had no specific bent toward science until my grandfather died of stomach cancer. I decided that nobody should suffer that much.
Maybe I was young and 'cute' (after all, I was only twenty then), but I've learned over the years that when you put white lab coats on chemists, they all look alike! Gertrude B. Elion
Maybe I was young and 'cute' (after all, I was only twenty then), but I've learned over the years that when you put white lab coats on chemists, they all look alike!
It is important to go into work you would like to do. Then it doesn't seem like work. You sometimes feel it's almost too good to be true that someone will pay you for enjoying yourself. Gertrude B. Elion
It is important to go into work you would like to do. Then it doesn't seem like work. You sometimes feel it's almost too good to be true that someone will pay you for enjoying yourself.
Nobody . . . took me seriously. They wondered why in the world I wanted to be a chemist when no women were doing that. The world was not waiting for me. Gertrude B. Elion
Nobody . . . took me seriously. They wondered why in the world I wanted to be a chemist when no women were doing that. The world was not waiting for me.
I think it's a very valuable thing for a doctor to learn how to do research, to learn how to approach research, something there isn't time to teach them in medical school. Gertrude B. Elion
I think it's a very valuable thing for a doctor to learn how to do research, to learn how to approach research, something there isn't time to teach them in medical school.
That was the turning point. It was as though the signal was there, 'This is the disease you're going to have to work against.' I never really stopped to think about anything else. It was that sudden. Gertrude B. Elion
That was the turning point. It was as though the signal was there, 'This is the disease you're going to have to work against.' I never really stopped to think about anything else. It was that sudden.
I had fallen in love with a young man..., and we were planning to get married. And then he died of subacute bacterial endocarditis. Gertrude B. Elion
I had fallen in love with a young man..., and we were planning to get married. And then he died of subacute bacterial endocarditis.
