Eloise "Elo" R. Giblett (January 17, 1921 – September 16, 2009) was a pioneering genetic scientist and hematologist who discovered the first recognized immunodeficiency disease, adenosine deaminase deficiency. Giblett was a Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle and Executive Director of the Puget Sound Blood Center in Seattle. The author of over 200 research papers, she also wrote an esteemed textbook on genetic markers, Genetic Markers in Human Blood, published in 1969. She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1980.
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17 January 1921 Tacoma, Washington
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Died |
19 September 2009 (aged 88) Seattle, WA
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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