Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

(1921-2011)

American medical physicist

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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. She was the second woman (after Gerty Cori), and the first American-born woman, to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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Born	Rosalyn Sussman 19 July 1921 New York City, New York, USA
Died	30 May 2011 (aged 89) The Bronx, New York, USA
Zodiac	Cancer
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A. Aaron Yalow -1992 · · m. 1943 info edit

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Benjamin info 1st child with A. Aaron Yalow Male · - · Celebrity Baby

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Elanna info 2nd child with A. Aaron Yalow Female · - · Celebrity Baby

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