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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider, Jack W. Szostak

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009

Elizabeth H. Blackburn
Photo: U. Montan

Elizabeth H. Blackburn

Carol W. Greider
Photo: U. Montan

Carol W. Greider

Jack W. Szostak
Photo: U. Montan

Jack W. Szostak

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009 was awarded jointly to Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak "for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase".

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