Drug discovery
Gertrude Elion
She helped develop principles of drug treatment and several important medicines.
The problem
A question worth answering.
Many diseases lacked selective drug treatments.
What they did
She helped develop principles of drug treatment and several important medicines.
What changed
Rational drug design still guides therapeutic research.
Where you meet their legacy
In the knowledge, systems and people who carry the work forward today.
Evidence and further reading
This story does not assign sole credit for a collective achievement.