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Elizabeth Blackburn: Great Minds

12th - Higher Ed
Hank brings us the story of Elizabeth Blackburn, the Nobel Prize-winning Australian woman who discovered telomeres and telomerase, and helped scientists begin to understand the process of aging at a genetic level.
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Elizabeth Blackburn at the Good Housekeeping's Annual Shine On Awards Honor Remarkable Women at New York NY.

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Elizabeth Blackburn at the Good Housekeeping's Annual Shine On Awards Honor Remarkable Women at New York NY. (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
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Dr. Jack Szostak and fellow researchers Carol Greider and Elizabeth Blackburn shared the Nobel Prize for medicine Monday for their research into how chromosomes protect themselves from degrading when cells divide.

Higher Ed
HEADLINE: Nobel winner Szostak pleased to share award

CAPTION: Dr. Jack Szostak and fellow researchers Carol Greider and Elizabeth Blackburn shared the Nobel Prize for medicine Monday for their research into how chromosomes protect...
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American Elizabeth H. Blackburn talks about winning the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine, along with two other Americans, for discovering a key mechanism in the genetic operations of cells, inspiring new lines of research into cancer.

Higher Ed
HEADLINE: First Person: Nobel winner thought call a dream

CAPTION: American Elizabeth H. Blackburn talks about winning the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine, along with two other Americans, for discovering a key mechanism in the genetic...