Carol Greider is a molecular biologist at Johns Hopkins University. On October 5, 2009, Greider was one of three Americans awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine. Greider, a California native, shared the award and the $1.4 million in prize money with fellow scientists Elizabeth Blackburn and Jack Szostak.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/05/nobel.medicine/
Greider, Blackburn and Szostak are credited with their research into a specific enzyme, telomerase, and how it relates to aging and possibly diseases like cancer.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/05/nobel.medicine/
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Greider holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley
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Received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in October 2009
