Elizabeth Blackburn is one of three Americans who were awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine. Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak were awarded the Nobel Prize on October 5, 2009, for their discovery of a specific enzyme that relates to aging. The trio discovered "how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase." Telomerase is believed to play a key role in allowing cancer tumors to grow.http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL567259520091005 http://baltimore.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2009/10/05/daily1.html
who got the nobel prize in medicine 2009(2 Answers)
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Carol W. Greider of Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Elizabeth Blackburn of the University of California, San Francisco, and Jack Szostak of Harvard won the ...
Does anyone know if Blackburn Rovers have a nickname apart from Rovers? (1 Answer)
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Blackburn Rovers are also nicknamed The Riversiders - named after a stand in the ground.
what is the latest blackburn rovers result?
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The most recent Blackburn rovers result was a defeat to Aston Villa in English Carling Cup. Blackburn Rovers lost to Aston Villa 6-4 on Wednesday the 20th of ...
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