Carol Greider
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About
Molecular biologist who is best known for discovering the enzyme telomerase in 1984. She was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering that progressive shortening in telomeres is prevented by the enzyme telomerase.
Before Fame
She grew up in Davis California.
Trivia
In 2003 she was made a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences.
Family Life
She has two children, Charles and Gwendolyn.
Associated With
Like James Watson before her she received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
