Jewish Achievement ArchiveAn independent archive of sourced articles on Jewish contributions to science, medicine, mathematics, philosophy, economics, literature and culture.https://www.jewishachievementarchive.com/Gertrude Elion and the Rational Design of Modern Drugshttps://www.jewishachievementarchive.com/articles/gertrude-elion-rational-drug-design/https://www.jewishachievementarchive.com/articles/gertrude-elion-rational-drug-design/Gertrude Elion, a chemist without a doctorate, helped design drugs for leukemia, gout, transplant rejection and herpes, and shared the 1988 Nobel Prize.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 11:01:00 GMT