What is Ruth Arnon?
[[File:Ruth Arnon 2015 (cropped) (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Ruth Arnon''' ([[Hebrew]]: רות ארנון [ʁut aʁ'non], born June 1, 1933) is an Israeli [[biochemist]] and academic. She helped discover the [[multiple sclerosis]] drug [[Copaxone]]. She is the Paul Ehrlich Professor of Immunology at the [[Weizmann Institute of Science]]. She is known for her anti-cancer and [[Influenza vaccine|influenza vaccinations]] research.<ref>[https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-could-the-flu-become-history-an-israeli-vaccine-may-make-it-a-reality-1.8811815 Could the flu become history? An Israeli vaccine may do just that], [[Haaretz]]</ref> Her doctoral advisor was [[Michael Sela]]. She won a [[Wolf Prize]] in 1998. Arnon was born in [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]]. She studied at [[Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium]] and [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]].<ref>[http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/arnon-ruth Ruth Arnon, Jewish Women's Archives]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.weizmann.ac.il/immunology/ArnonPage.html Homepage at the Weizmann Institute] {{DEFAULTSORT:Arnon, Ruth}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Wolf Prize winners]] [[Category:Israeli biologists]] [[Category:Israeli chemists]] [[Category:Academics of the Weizmann Institute of Science]] [[Category:Scientists from Tel Aviv]] {{bio-stub}}