- Gertrude Elion developed the drug acyclovir, a potent inhibitor of herpes viruses with remarkably low toxicity, which her team unveiled in 1978.
- Elion and Hitchings invented new medicines for a long list of serious conditions: leukemia, malaria, gout, rheumatoid arthritis, organ rejection, and more.
- Their first drug, 6-mercaptopurine made possible one of the great success stories in cancer treatment.
- The acyclovir compound made it possible to develop highly specific drugs that targeted viruses...
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