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Category Archives: Medicine

Irène Curie

Irene Curie on a mobile x-ray unit, 1916 (unknown source)

Irène Curie (1897-1956) was the daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie. Hers was a glittering scientific career that started when she was an X-ray radiographer in WW1.

Posted byAndy ConnellyOctober 8, 2018January 4, 2022Posted in20th century, Chemistry, France, Location, Medicine, Physics, Subject area, When they worked1 Comment on Irène Curie

Andrew Schally – from technician to Nobel Prize

Andrew Schally (1926-current) escaped Poland during WWII, became a technician in Mill Hill laboratories and from there went on to win the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Posted byAndy ConnellyMay 16, 2018June 1, 2018Posted in20th century, Biology, Location, Medicine, UK, USALeave a comment on Andrew Schally – from technician to Nobel Prize

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