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English-born American biochemist and geneticist Jack W. Szostak.
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Born November 9, 1952 (age 72) • London • England
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize
Subjects Of Study DNA • RNA • Tetrahymena • aging • recombination • telomerase • telomere

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Elizabeth Blackburn
Elizabeth Blackburn
American molecular biologist and biochemist
Carol W. Greider
Carol W. Greider
American molecular biologist
Watson, James
James Watson
American geneticist and biophysicist
American scientist Craig C. Mello
Craig C. Mello
American geneticist
George Wells Beadle.
George Wells Beadle
American geneticist
American scientist Craig C. Mello
Andrew Z. Fire
American geneticist
Joshua Lederberg, 1958.
Joshua Lederberg
American geneticist
Edward L. Tatum
American biochemist
Arthur Kornberg.
Arthur Kornberg
American scientist
A.D. Hershey
American biologist
Crick, Francis
Francis Crick
British biophysicist
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
German geneticist
Kossel, Albrecht
Albrecht Kossel
German biochemist
Carl Cori
American biochemist
Gerty Cori
American biochemist
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan
American biologist
Hermann Joseph Muller
American geneticist
Phillip A. Sharp, 1993.
Phillip A. Sharp
American physiologist
Jeffrey C. Hall
American geneticist
McClintock, Barbara
Barbara McClintock
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