Gertrude Elion: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_B._Elion … discovered the first leukemia drug (mercaptopurine), the first antiviral drug (acyclovir), the first immunosuppressant (azathioprine), the first AIDS drug (AZT) and many more. Won the Nobel Prize. With no PhD!
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Yvonne Barr co-discovered Epstein-Barr Virus. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvonne_Barr …
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Lynn Margulis pioneered the endosymbiotic theory (that organelles within cells such as mitochondria were once free-living single-celled organisms.) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Margulis …
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(These are all biologists btw, obviously this is a selective list.)
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