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Born May 24, 1930 (age 96) • Denver • Colorado
Subjects Of Study DNA • replication
Elizabeth Blackburn
Elizabeth Blackburn
American molecular biologist and biochemist
Carol W. Greider
Carol W. Greider
American molecular biologist
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American molecular biologist
Gary Ruvkun reacts after learning that he is a winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
Gary Ruvkun
American molecular biologist and geneticist
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Franklin Stahl
American geneticist
James Watson, c. 1990
James Watson
American geneticist and biophysicist
Phillip A. Sharp, 1993.
Phillip A. Sharp
American physiologist
Benzer, Seymour
Seymour Benzer
American scientist
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Rudolf Jaenisch
German biologist
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Richard Henderson
British biologist
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Evelyn M. Witkin
American geneticist
English-born American biochemist and geneticist Jack W. Szostak.
Jack W. Szostak
English-born American biochemist and geneticist
Aziz Sancar
Aziz Sancar
Turkish-American biochemist
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Carl Woese
American microbiologist
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Venki Ramakrishnan
Indian-born physicist and molecular biologist
Modrich, Paul
Paul Modrich
American biochemist
Rothman, James E.
James E. Rothman
American biochemist and cell biologist
Schekman, Randy W.
Randy W. Schekman
American biochemist and cell biologist
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Charles Yanofsky
American geneticist
Cook, Stephen Arthur
Stephen Arthur Cook
American computer scientist

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