Gertrude Elion discussing her reaction to seeing leukemia patients in remission due to her drug

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"The first time that I went to the leukemia clinic at Sloan Kettering, and saw the first children who had been treated with 6-Mercaptopurine, who were in remission, I can remember then the feeling of, we've really done it, it really works."


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Elion, Gertrude Belle
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Bella International Productions, Inc.

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