Biochemist
Gertrude Elion
Developed drugs for leukaemia, malaria, herpes and organ rejection without ever holding a doctorate, and won the Nobel Prize in 1988.
Gertrude "Trudy" Belle Elion was an American biochemist and pharmacologist, who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with George H. Hitchings and Sir James Black for their use of innovative methods of rational drug design for the development of new drugs. This new method focused on understanding the target of the drug rather than simply using trial-and-error. Her work led to the creation of the anti-retroviral drug AZT, which was the first drug widely used against AIDS. Her well known works also include the development of the first immunosuppressive drug, azathioprine, used to fight rejection in organ transplants, and the first successful antiviral drug, acyclovir (ACV), used in the treatment of herpes infection.
- Born
- 1918-01-23, New York, New York, USAA Wednesday
- Died
- 1999-02-21, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USAA Sunday, aged 81
- At birth
- Sun in Aquarius, Moon in Gemini
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1918-01-23, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 2°54′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 23°27′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 8°21′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 28°16′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Libra | 2°19′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 1°29′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Leo | 11°45′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 22°31′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Leo | 5°48′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 3°56′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1999-02-21, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 2°36′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 14°02′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 16°26′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 29°48′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 8°50′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 1°55′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 29°19′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 13°53′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 2°58′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 10°22′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Gertrude Elion was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.