Jack Szostak 2009 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
Monday, October 5, 2009 - 07:42
in Health & Medicine
Harvard Medical School genetics professor Jack Szostak today was named a recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his pioneering work in the discovery of telomerase, an enzyme that builds and maintains the protective caps at the tips of chromosomes.read more
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