telomerase

Elizabeth Blackburn receives Nobel Prize

5 October 2009

Elizabeth Blackburn will receive the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. She shares the prize with Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak “for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase.” She’s USA-based but Australian-born and visits Australia quite often.

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Australian genetics pioneer receives international For Women In Science Award

5 March 2008

Telomeres keep our chromosomes young Elizabeth Blackburn is one of five women to receive the 10th annual L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards For Women in Science. She will receive the honour, and a US$100,000 cheque, “For the discovery of the nature and maintenance of chromosome ends and their roles in cancer and aging.” She discovered telomerase — an [...]

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