Gertrude Elion on Receiving Letters
Gertrude Elion discusses the importance of letters sent to her from patients helped by her medications.
Courtesy of Bella International Productions, Inc.
Gertrude Elion discusses the importance of letters sent to her from patients helped by her medications.
Courtesy of Bella International Productions, Inc.
"Most of the patients that I have helped have not been people that I've seen. They've written to me, and I treasure those letters. I keep every one of them, because that puts it on a very personal relationship for me. And every time I talk at a meeting or seminar, somebody always comes up and says, my child had leukemia and is now cured, or I have a transplant. I mean, it seems to me that it's so widespread, it really affects me to know how many people have really been impacted."
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