Jack W. Szostak

3 U.S. scientists share Nobel Prize in medicine

2009-10-06 00:00:00

Three U.S. scientists who discovered key aspects of how cells and animals age and how cancer cells become immortal have won the 2009 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Elizabeth Blackburn of UC San Francisco, Carol W. Greider of Johns Hopkins...

Americans Win Nobel Prize for Medicine

2009-10-05 00:00:00

Three Americans won the Nobel prize in medicine on Monday for discovering how chromosomes protect themselves as cells divide, work that has inspired experimental cancer therapies and may offer insights into aging. The research by Elizabeth H. Blackburn,...

Americans Ostrom and Williamson win Nobel economics prize, Ostrom 1st female winner

2009-10-12 05:45:00

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Americans Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for their analyses of economic governance — the rules by which people exercise authority in companies and economic systems. Ostrom was...

San Diego native shares Nobel Prize for medicine

2009-10-05 11:53:00

One of the three American scientists sharing this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is a San Diego native, and another is a professor at the University of Calfornia. Carol W. Greider, who works at the Johns Hopkins University School of...

. Greider and Blackburn were the first women to simultaneously win the prize in medicine.

2011-02-21 08:04:53