In 2009, Elizabeth Blackbrun — along with Jack. W. Szostak and Carol W. Greider — was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her help in discovering "how chromosomes are protected by telomeres." Telomeres protect our DNA, but over time our telomeres wear down. When this happens, we age — but some of us age faster than others.
A Nobel Prize-winning Biologist Reveals How To Slow Down The Effects Of Aging
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Sat, 01/21/2017 - 5:00am
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- Canadian writer and Nobel prize winner Alice Munro dies at 92
Canadian author Alice Munro, a 2013 Nobel Prize winner for literature, has died at the age of 92. Munro wrote short stories for more than 60 years, often focusing on life in rural Canada. She died ...
05/14/2024 - 6:48 am | View Link - Alice Munro, Nobel Prize-Winning Canadian Author of ‘Away From Her,’ Dies at 92
Alice Munro, the Nobel and prize-winning Canadian author of short story collections and novels including “Lives of Girls and Women” and “The Love of a Good Woman,” died Monday night at her ...
05/14/2024 - 6:44 am | View Link - Nobel Prize-winning Canadian author Alice Munro dead at 92
Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant who became one of the world’s most esteemed contemporary authors and one of history’s most honored short story writers, has died at age 92.
05/14/2024 - 6:30 am | View Link - Nobel-winning molecular biologist on the consequences of aging
Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan sat down with ABC News Live to discuss the science and ethics of extending the human lifespan. In his new book, "Why We Die: The New ...
04/17/2024 - 5:17 am | View Link - Nobel Economist Reverses His Support for Migration
Nobel Prize-winning economist Angus Deaton has revised his previous support for high immigration and free trade, recognizing their larger unaccounted costs on ordinary citizens. While he used to ...
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