To Elion, the letters and photos she received from patients were the real reward.

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"One of the interesting things about Nobel Prize has been letters from patients. Letters from people who have benefitted. Sending you pictures of their children. I mean, you know. That has to be the prime reward, really."


Associated people [d]: 
Elion, Gertrude Belle
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TWIi

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Jewish Women's Archive. "To Elion, the letters and photos she received from patients were the real reward.." <http://jwa.org/media/to-elion-letters-and-photos-she-received-from-patients-were-real-reward> (May 24, 2012).