10/12/2009 - News
Medicine Nobel Prize Awarded for Research on Aging
By: June Chen, MD
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Three scientists based in the United States won the Nobel prize for medicine in recognition of their discovery of telomerase, an enzyme that is linked to human cancer, aging, and age-related conditions.
Elizabeth Blackburn of the University of California, San Francisco, Jack Szostak of Massachusetts General Hospital, and Carol Greider of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine will share the Nobel prize of 10 million Swedish crowns (or, approximately $1.42 million) for their discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase. Their research addressed how chromosomes could be copied during cell divisions and how they are protected against degradation. According to the Nobel Foundation, the trio’s discoveries ‘added a new dimension to our understanding of the cell, shed light on disease mechanisms, and stimulated the development of potential new therapies.’ Telomeres and telomerase are currently targets for cancer and aging research.
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It is do heartwarming that many woman now have been recognized by the Nobel Prize. It is a proof that woman now are more competitive that man when it comes to their chosen fields. Moreover, this year's Nobel Prize winner for literature is Herta Mueller, was born to German parents in Romania, and studied Romanian Literature and German Studies at university. She lived through the post World War 2 period, in which a communist regime rules Romania, and was noted for refusing to cooperate with the state secret police.She began nobels, eventually moved to Germany, and began publishing more works. She was selected to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature for 2009 – which comes with a hefty grant of quick cash.
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