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Nobel Laureates - Medicine, Physiology

Women who have won the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology.
1947: Gerty Theresa Cori
An American, honored with her husband for their study of the catalytic conversion of glycerin.
1977: Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
American honored for her work with radioimmunoassay in investigative medicine.
1983: Barbara McClintock
Honored for her work in genetics. Site also includes an article by Howard Green, "In Memoriam - Barbara McClintock."
1986: Rita Levi-Montalcini
With Stanley Cohen, honored for work on cell growth.
1988: Gertrude B. Elion
Honored with two others for their work in drug treatment.
1995: Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Honored for work on genetics in early embryo development.

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