In honor of Women’s History Month, Big Molecule Watch recognizes Brigitte “Ita” Askonas, widely regarded as the mother of modern immunology. Born one hundred years ago, Dr. Askonas contributed to our understanding of the origin and synthesis of antibodies and the body’s immune response. In 1952, she joined the National…
Big Molecule Watch honors Women’s History Month by recognizing the women who have contributed to the advancement of biologics and biosimilars. We highlight one such individual, Rosalyn Yalow, who received a Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1977 for her work on radioimmunoassay. Dr. Yalow, together with her research…