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What were the contributions of Gertrude B Elion?

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she was an amazing woman and she contributed a lot some are below:


1. her work was fundamental in developing chemotherapy

2. She invented the leukemia-fighting drug 6-mercatopurine

3. her research led to the development of Imuran

4. she also took part in the discovery of Zovirax, a drug used to fight herpes.

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