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Close-up of the Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine (from left to right): Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak.
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From left: Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Jack W. Szostak and Carol W. Greider after delivering their Nobel Lectures at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, 7 December 2009.
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Like many Nobel Laureates before her, Carol W. Greider, as observed by her daughter Gwendolyn Comfort, autographs a chair at Kafé Satir at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2009.
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Carol W. Greider at the Johns Hopkins University press conference following the announcement of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 8 October, 2009.
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Carol W. Greider with colleague Peter Agre, the 2003 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, at the Johns Hopkins University press conference, 8 October, 2009.
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Carol W. Greider studies evidence of telomerase, an unusual enzyme that rebuilds the tips of chromosomes and ultimately determines the life span of cells.
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Carol W. Greider in her laboratory.
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Carol W. Greider wades through the habitat of Tetrahymena, the single-celled pond dweller with 40,000 telomeres.
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Carol W. Greider (left) and Elizabeth H. Blackburn (right). The photo was taken at the Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in March 2009.
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