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  Gertrude B Elion born Janurary 23 1918 New York City.
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  She was twelve when she started studied dental surgry.
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  In 1941 gertrude B. Eion obtained her masters degree.
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  She started motified chemicals like diaminopyrimdine so it can obtain derivative the active against proteus vilgaris.
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  In 1988 Gertrude B. Elion won physiology and medicine also won on same day James Black and George H. Hichings