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 ...

Some people become scientists because they have an insatiable sense of curiosity. For others, the interest is born of tragedy—they lose a loved one to disease and are driven to find a cure. In the ...

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 ...

The latest entrant in our American Female Inventor Series, Gertrude Belle Elion (1918-1999), invented the leukemia-fighting drug 6-mercaptopurine and drugs that facilitated kidney transplants. Elion ...