One day, when Elizabeth Blackburn was about 15, mischief filled her mind. She and a friend mixed ammonia and iodine, then watched as their fellow French-language classmates reacted to the bang. "I was ...

The Telomere Effect by Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD, and Elissa Epel, PhD Reviewed by Lloyd I. Sederer, MD Source: Grand Central Publishing Might there be a unifying element to our biology and the health ...

Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn, says, "Telomeres are the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes ... They are like the tips of shoelaces. If you lose the tips, the ends start fraying." This ...

The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Americans Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak, who made key... Americans Win Nobel For Research On Aging Three ...