Timeline:
July 19, 1921 – May 30, 2011
Place of study:
Hunter College, USA
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, USA
Famous for:
Development of the radioimmunoassay (RIA) technique
- Development of the radioimmunoassay (RIA) technique, which helped in the screening of various types of hepatitis; identify hormone-related health problems such as diabetes mellitus; detect foreign substances in the blood including some cancers and measure the effectiveness of dose levels of antibiotics and drugs.
Awards:
Dickson Prize (1972)
AMA Scientific Achievement Award (1975)
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1976)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1977)
National Medal of Science (1988)
Fun fact:
Yalow was responsible for steering Mildred Dresselhaus, the future “Queen of Carbon Science”, away from primary school teaching and into a research career.