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Elizabeth Blackburn and the story of telomeres : deciphering the ends of DNA
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Elizabeth Blackburn and the story of telomeres : deciphering the ends of DNA

Author: Catherine Brady
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT, 2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Catherine Brady tells the story of molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn's life and work, and the emergence of a new field of scientific research on the specialized ends of chromosones and the enzyme, telomerase, that extends them.
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Genre/Form: Biography
Named Person: Elizabeth H Blackburn
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Catherine Brady
ISBN: 9780262512459 0262512459
OCLC Number: 262881418
Notes: Originally published: 2007.
Description: p. cm.
Responsibility: Catherine Brady.

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The story of molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn and her groundbreaking research on telomeres and what it reveals about the resourceful optimism that characterizes the best scientific thinking.  Read more...

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"Although Blackburn is certainly not an average woman scientist, there are many features of her journey that others who are interested in medical science--women and men alike--will connect with." Read more...

 
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