"for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the
enzyme telomerase"
Elizabeth H. Blackburn
Carol W. Greider
Jack W. Szostak
5 October 2009
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009 jointly to
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak
for the discovery of
"how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase"
Summary
This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medici
