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1 (of 20) Carol W. Greider receiving her Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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2 (of 20) Carol W. Greider after receiving her Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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3 (of 20) 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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4 (of 20) The 2009 Nobel Laureates stand for the Swedish national anthem (from left to right): Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle, George E. Smith, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz, Ada E. Yonath, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider, Jack W. Szostak, Herta Müller, Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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5 (of 20) Carol W. Greider at the Nobel Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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6 (of 20) From left to right: Prince Carl Philip, Crown Princess Victoria, Nobel Laureates Jack W. Szostak, Carol W. Greider and Elizabeth H. Blackburn, His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Her Majesty Queen Silvia, and Princess Madeleine at the Nobel Banquet. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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7 (of 20) The 2009 Nobel Laureates assembled for a group photo during their visit to the Nobel Foundation, 12 December 2009. Back row, left to right: Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Ada E. Yonath and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine Jack W. Szostak and Carol W. Greider, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Thomas A. Steitz, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Elizabeth H. Blackburn, and Nobel Laureate in Physics George E. Smith. Front row, left to right: Nobel Laureate in Physics Willard S. Boyle, Laureate in Economic Sciences Elinor Ostrom, Nobel Laureate in Literature Herta Müller and Laureate in Economic Sciences, Oliver E. Williamson. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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8 (of 20) 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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9 (of 20) Carol W. Greider delivering her Nobel Lecture at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, 7 December 2009.

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10 (of 20) Carol W. Greider (right), with fellow Medicine Laureates Jack W. Szostak (left) and Elizabeth H. Blackburn (centre) during their interview with Nobelprize.org in Stockholm, 6 December 2009. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2009
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11 (of 20) 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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12 (of 20) 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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13 (of 20) 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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14 (of 20) Carol W. Greider at the Johns Hopkins University press conference, 8 October, 2009.

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15 (of 20) Carol W. Greider is greeted by her lab and children, Gwendolyn Comfort, 9, and Charles Comfort, 12.

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16 (of 20) Carol W. Greider in her laboratory.

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17 (of 20) 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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18 (of 20) Carol W. Greider in her laboratory.

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19 (of 20) Carol W. Greider wades through the habitat of Tetrahymena, the single-celled pond dweller with 40,000 telomeres.

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20 (of 20) 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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