Rosalyn Sussman Yalow was an American medical physicist who developed the radioimmunoassay technique, a highly sensitive method for measuring minute concentrations of hormones and other substances in the blood. In 1977 she shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Roger Guillemin and Andrew Schally, becoming the second woman, after Gerty Cori, and the first American-born woman to receive the prize in that category.
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American medical physicist (1921-2011)
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Medical physics
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Born Rosalyn Sussman (1921-07-19)July 19, 1921 New York City, U.S.
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Died May 30, 2011(2011-05-30) (aged 89) New York City, U.S.
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Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (July 19, 1921, May 30, 2011) was an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (together with Roger Guillemin and Andrew Schally) for development of the radioimmunoassay technique.
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