Carol Greider
Carol Greider
Carolyn Widney "Carol" Greideris an American molecular biologist. She is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Daniel Nathans Professor and Director of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Johns Hopkins University. She discovered the enzyme telomerase in 1984, when she was a graduate student of Elizabeth Blackburn at the University of California, Berkeley. Greider pioneered research on the structure of telomeres, the ends of the chromosomes. She was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Blackburn and Jack W...
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth15 April 1961
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complicate disease genetic hunt offspring perfectly phenomenon physical problems
These offspring have what we have called 'occult' genetic disease -- their genetic make-up is perfectly normal, but they still have the physical problems of their parents. This phenomenon could complicate the hunt for disease genes.