Winners of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2009
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This year the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase.
Human chromosomes (grey) capped by telomeres (white)
The telomeres are regions of repetitive DNA at the ends of chromosomes, protecting the end of the chromosomes from destruction.
There are three winners for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine:
Elizabeth Blackburn
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Elizabeth Helen Blackburn, was born November 26, 1948 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. She is a biological researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, studying the telomere, a structure at the end of chromosomes that protects the chromosome. She work in a team to the discovering of the telomerase, the enzyme that replenishes the telomere.
Carol W. Greider
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Carol Greider was born April 15, 1961. She is a molecular biologist at the Johns Hopkins University and work in a team to the discovering of the telomerase, the enzyme that replenishes the telomere.
Jack W. Szostak
Jack W. Szostak was born November 9, 1952 in London, United Kingdom. He is a biologist and Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Alexander Rich Distinguished Investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. He work in a team to the discovering of the telomerase, the enzyme that replenishes the telomere.
