Gertrude B. Elion
Nobel Prize lecture
The Purine Path to Chemotherapy
Gertrude B. Elion held her Nobel Lecture on 8 December 1988, at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. She was presented by Professor Folke Sjöqvist of the Karolinska Institutet.
The Purine Path to Chemotherapy
Gertrude B. Elion held her Nobel Lecture on 8 December 1988, at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. She was presented by Professor Folke Sjöqvist of the Karolinska Institutet.
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