List of People From New York - Science/medicine

Science/medicine

  • Richard Axel (1946–), scientist, Nobel prize winner
  • Gertrude B. Elion (1918–1999), biochemist, pharmacologist, Nobel prize winner
  • Carl Sagan (1934–1996), astronomer
  • Jonas Salk (1914–1995), scientist, developed first polio vaccine

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