Research Paper Gertrude B. Elion and George H. Hitchings were both scientists who work constantly in various locations and labs to come up with drugs to treat leukemia, several other illnesses, and also to make organ transplants possible. During their long collaboration, Hitchings and Elion produced a number of effective drugs to treat a variety of illnesses, including leukemia, gout, malaria, and herpes. Hitchings was born in 1905 in Hoquiam, Washington. His family moved frequently along the West Coast during his early years, and his father died when he was only 12. With this death happening unexpected, this led Hitchings into depression and anger because of his loss. This later turned into himself making a major in treating illnesses that hasn’t been cured yet. Louis Pasteur was greatly admired by Hitchings for his commitment into diseases. Elion was born in 1918 in New York City. The death of her grandfather from stomach cancer shortly before she began her studies made a decision to herself for her to devote her life to medicine. This dedication became more strongly after her fiancé died of an inflammation of the heart lining. Elion knew that she …show more content…
While working with Hitchings, she was attending Brooklyn Poly as a part time student. Brooklyn Poly authorities informed her that it would be necessary to become a full-time student to complete a Ph.D., but, Elion decided that she did not want to leave the exciting research she was doing with Hitchings to do this. She stayed at Wellcome for the remainder of her career. Hitchings assigned Elion to investigate purine, including adenine and guanine, two of DNA’s building blocks. They soon discovered that bacterial cells required certain purine in order to make DNA. They reasoned that if they could prevent these purines from being incorporated along the metabolic pathway that leads to DNA synthesis, then they could stop the production of DNA and thereby stop cell
First, Dr. Gey decided to take Henrietta Lacks’ (who had cervical cancer) cells without informing her and then sent them to be researched. Henrietta’s cells then became one of the biggest discoveries and
The city of tifton was founded in the late 1800’s.Captain Henry Harding Tift The founder of the future Tifton, getting timber he was from Mystic Connecticut for the family shipbuilding business. Tifts Town is what he first called the town until 1890 till he finally changed it to Tifton. He wanted Tifton’s layout to be kind of like his home town of Mystic Connecticut.As the town grew Tifton built an opera house many silent movie theatres, churches, and
He took sterols from soybean oil and made the hormones progesterone and testosterone. He created of cortisone, which became used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
He was born in Westborough, Massachusetts in 1765 and he died in 1825. His dad was a farmer. When he was 12, his mother died. Although he grew up on a farm, he always enjoyed tinkering with tools and building things. Later, his father remarried.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is responsible for highway safety on all the Interstate systems and state highways and in some cases all county maintained roads all throughout Tennessee. This week in addition to all the regular activities that are required as the Lieutenant Colonel supervising the agency’s Field Operations Bureau, there was a snow and ice event that occurred that required many hours outside of the regular duty hours. During my twenty-eight years on the patrol, these events have occurred many times. I am extremely hardworking and motivated still today, and sacrificed a great deal to get the job completed to make certain that Tennesseans are safe and secure. This event was handled swiftly and professionally by all involved to
Elizabeth Osborne King was born in Fulton County Georgia on October 12, 1912. She was a well known American microbiologist who specialized in identifying difficult bacteria. She was educated at the University of Georgia, where she graduated with a B.S. in Zoology in 1935. She went on to obtain her M.S in Medical Technology from Emory University in Atlanta in 1938, and wrote her thesis on the effects of new antimalarial drugs on avian malaria. During the second world war she served as an officer in the Woman's Army Corps in Fredrick, Maryland. In 1946 she went to work for Emory University Hospital, where she remained for two years. In 1948 she accepted a position with the newly formed
tried to combat diseases through studying them in depth, and as a result, drugs have been
Dr. Cater G. Woodson, a son of a slave, was born in New Canton, Virginia on December 19, 1875 (Bellis, n.d.). Although he did not enter high school until the age of 20, he continued to study at Berea College, the University of Chicago, the Sorbonne, and Harvard University, where he earned a PhD in 1912 (Bellis, n.d.). During this time,
I got a speeding ticket because I was going 65 in a 40 and my friend was with me and it was open road I knew I shouldn't do it but I felt like I wanted the adrenaline rush. The one time I do speed I get pulled over on wadsworth by the king soopers union bank and the gas station on the corner were wadsworth meets florida. When the cop car pulled over it was an older gentlemen and he asked me for license and registration please like they always do which I then gave to him and he asked me if I knew why I was pulled over and I said because I was speeding I am not going to lie to him.
The turning point in Gertrude's life that pulled her to the field of chemistry was ......t Kristine Larsen, a professor at the Central Connecticut State University, writes within her article "Encyclopedia: Gertrude Elion," about the death of Gertrude's grandfather due to stomach cancer. After witnessing the pain her grandfather had to endure, Gertrude realized she wanted to find a way to fight cancer. She was also very opposed to the dissection of animals, so she immediately ruled out biology. It was after these realizations that she chose the path of chemistry (Larsen II). Additionally, Larsen writes that she attended Hunter College in the fall of 1933 and graduated in 1937 with highest honors, obtaining a bachelor's degree in chemistry (Larsen III). Unfortunately, the gender discrimination that plagued society .......... came in the way of Gertrude's
Christopher Hitchens thought looking at the Bible was shameful when it comes to law and moral values. This objection is just a personal preference but doesn’t make sense. Moral values would likely not exist if it weren’t for the Bible. How else would we know right from wrong? What basis would our parents have for teaching us not to lie, cheat and steal it the Bible was not used as a reference. Also for law, our founding fathers built the foundations of our country on moral principals and their belief in God. What kind of laws would we have if moral law didn’t exist? Our jails and prisons are full of people who after committing a crime, come to find that the Bible is their only way to a better life. Trading the immoral life they had and turning to God for forgiveness and acceptance would give them a reason to live, to want better and more for their life. Without
Picking up hitchhikers isn’t safe nowadays. However, this is one hitchhiker that’s too adorable to pass by. The cute, little hitchhiking humanoid robot is from Canada and wants to hitchhike his way across America. David Harris Smith, a professor of communication at McMaster University, Ontario and Frauke Zeller an assistant professor of communication at Ryerson University are the creators of hitchBOT. The two professors created hitchBOT for the sole purpose of studying the culture and limitations of human kindness. Furthermore, they were interested in studying artificial intelligence.
As far as Uni goes, it has been a long and sorted affair getting my class schedule in order. Hence, I will, for the time being, re-activate my vacation status. In my haste to ease my mind off the contingencies and various school policies stalling the commencement of my fall semester I decided to go watch a movie - Trainwreck.
In October 1832, the Blackwells settled in a house in New York. They became involved in anti-slavery activities and held meetings in their house. At this time no medical school had ever accepted a female student, in fact no women had ever been except into college. But Elizabeth set her mind on changing this; she was going to be a doctor. The family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio and within a few months of moving their Mr. Blackwell had died. Then one day the family physician decided to show Elizabeth how to apply to a medical school. She learned fast and for the next few years Elizabeth continued to teach and study books about medicine and at the same time she applied for one medical school after another. Then in October 1847 she received an acceptance letter from Geneva Medical College in New York State. She was very proud of herself. She was able to do it; she reached her goal. The next months and years were the hardest for her. All the teachers
When looking for the perfect calf there are many factors that affect why I should buy it for the right price. Does the calf walk correctly? Is it balanced and level throughout its body? Does this calf have the potential to grow enough hair? These are all questions that we ask ourselves when we want to find our dream calf. Those three features will get you a calf that will win at multiple levels.