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Researchers hope the new test will also lead to new anti-cancer treatments for the most aggressive cancers, such as brain and bone cancer. They are also confident the test will provide more accurate life expectancy for patients. Dr Jeremy Henson made...
Tags: Australia, Sydney, Pathology, Brain tumor, Prostate cancer, Institute of Cancer Research, Oncology, Cancer, Occupational safety and health, Health Medical Pharma, Telomerase, Molecular biologists, Children's Medical Research Institute, Elizabeth Blackburn, Chromosomes, Telomere, Genetics
The recipients solved a longstanding puzzle involving the ends of chromosomes, the giant molecules of DNA that embody the genetic information. These ends, called telomeres , get shorter each time a cell divides and so serve as a kind of clock that counts...
Tags: Elizabeth Blackburn, nobel prize, Australian, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, nobel laureates, Dr Blackburn, john hopkins, Carol Greider, female nobel, Carol W. Greider
Greider, who on Monday became the 33rd person associated with the Johns Hopkins University to win the Nobel Prize , is a triathlete, a mother of two and a methodical and modest genetic researcher who colleagues say shuns publicity in favor of pursuing...
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Australian-born scientist Elizabeth Blackburn is part of a trio that has won the Nobel medicine prize. The Australian-American researcher, along with Carol Greider and Jack Szostak of the United States, won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for discovering...
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