title: The telomere story or the triumph of an open-minded research.
abstract: The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute has decided to award The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009 jointly to Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak for the discovery of "how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase". This discovery had major impacts within the scientific community and led to intense research in this field. All the studies performed are now the bases for future investigations and stimulate the development of potential new therapies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Genetics, Archet 2 Hospital, CHU of Nice, France. Eric.Gilson@unice.fr
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gilson
authors.forename: Evelyne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ségal-Bendirdjian
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003585:Cell Biology / Q000266:history; D016922:Cellular Senescence / Q000502:physiology*; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009613:Nobel Prize; D019098:Telomerase / Q000378:metabolism*; D016615:Telomere / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D019098:Telomerase