The award of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Carol W Greider acknowledged discovering telomerase with Elizabeth Blackburn. The enzyme they identified replenishes chromosome ends and clarified links between cell aging and cancer.
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Carol W Greider
Nobel Prize history for Carol W Greider based on the award records stored in the World History Database.
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