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Blackburn, Elizabeth |
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Biochemist, Biophysicist and Educator | |
Born: Tasmania, Australia | |
Elizabeth Blackburn discovered the ribonucleoprotein enzyme telomerase. Blackburn and her research team at the University of California, San Francisco have worked with a variety of organisms and human cancer cells with the aim of gaining an understanding of telomerase and telomere biology. Her work in this area has been published widely in peer-reviewed journals. |
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