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Carol W. Greider, American molecular biologist who was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Jack W. Szostak, for her research into telomeres and for her discovery of an enzyme called telomerase. Learn more about Greider’s life and work.
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Kara Rogers is the senior editor of biomedical sciences at Encyclopædia Britannica, where she oversees a range of content from medicine and genetics to microorganisms. She joined Britannica in 2006 and has been a member of the National Association of Science Writers since 2009.
Carolyn Widney Greider (born April 15, 1961) is an American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate. She joined the University of California, Santa Cruz as a Distinguished Professor in the department of molecular, cell, and developmental biology [1] in October 2020.
Carol Greider was a 25-year-old graduate student studying fragments of a single-celled, pond-dwelling organism when she established herself as one of the world’s pioneering researchers. Her interest was basic: How do chromosomes — the strands of DNA that contain genes — maintain themselves?
Carol Greider achieved success in molecular biology in the same way she overcame dyslexia as a child: with persistence and creativity. She discovered telomerase, an enzyme that is key to the ageing process and the growth of cancer cells, and has major implications for medical research.
Oct 12, 2009 · Carol W. Greider of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine was one of three women who won a science Nobel last week, which puts her in some rare company. Only eight women had won in physiology or...
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Oct 10, 2017 · Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD, and Carol Greider, PhD, are Nobel laureates who made a groundbreaking discovery in what makes cells mutate and age. They began working together in the 1980s at the University of California at Berkley, where Dr. Greider was earning her PhD and Dr. Blackburn was her supervisor and mentor.
