BOSTON - OCTOBER 5: Dr. Jack Szostak arrives for a news conference after winning the Nobel Prize in Medicine October 5, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts. Szostak, along with colleagues Elizabeth Blackburn and Carol Greider, won the prize for their work discovering telomerase, an enzyme which builds telomeres, and how it replaces DNA that has been worn off the tips of chromosomes. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

BOSTON - OCTOBER 5: Dr. Jack Szostak arrives for a news conference after winning the Nobel Prize in Medicine October 5, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts. Szostak, along with colleagues Elizabeth Blackburn and Carol Greider, won the prize for their work discovering telomerase, an enzyme which builds telomeres, and how it replaces DNA that has been worn off the tips of chromosomes.

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  1. The 2009 Nobel laureate in medicine Elizabeth Blackburn gestures during a joint news conference held by the Nobel Foundation at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm December 6, 2009. The Nobel Prize ceremony will take place in Stockholm on December 10. Blackburn, Jack Szostak and Carol Greider won the prize for medicine for revealing the existence and nature of telomerase, an enzyme that helps prevent the fraying of chromosomes that underlies ageing and cancer.
  2. The 2009 Nobel laureate in medicine Jack Szostak attends a joint news conference held by the Nobel Foundation at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm December 6, 2009. The Nobel Prize ceremony will take place in Stockholm on December 10. Elizabeth Blackburn, Szostak and Carol Greider won the prize for medicine for revealing the existence and nature of telomerase, an enzyme that helps prevent the fraying of chromosomes that underlies ageing and cancer.
  3. The 2009 Nobel laureates in medicine Carol Greider (L), Elizabeth Blackburn (C) and Jack Szostak (R) attend a joint news conference held by the Nobel Foundation at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm December 6, 2009. The Nobel Prize ceremony will take place in Stockholm on December 10. The laureates won the prize for medicine for revealing the existence and nature of telomerase, an enzyme that helps prevent the fraying of chromosomes that underlies ageing and cancer.
  4. The 2009 Nobel laureate in medicine Carol Greider of the U.S gestures during a joint news conference held by the Nobel Foundation at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm December 6, 2009. The Nobel Prize ceremony will take place in Stockholm on December 10. Australian-born Elizabeth Blackburn, British-born Jack Szostak and Greider won the prize for medicine for revealing the existence and nature of telomerase, an enzyme that helps prevent the fraying of chromosomes that underlies ageing and cancer.
  5. The 2009 Nobel laureates in medicine Carol W Greider of the US during a joint news conference held by the Nobel Foundation at the Karolinska Institute on Saturday Dec. 6, 2009, in Stockholm, Sweden. The Nobel Prize ceremony will take place on Thursday Dec. 10, 2009 in Stockholm.
  6. Co-workers and students toast Carol Greider (C), professor in the department of molecular biology and genetics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and winner of a share of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Medicine, with champagne at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland October 5, 2009. Greider, along with Australian-born Elizabeth Blackburn and British-born Jack Szostak, won the Nobel prize for medicine on Monday for discovering and identifying telomerase, the enzyme that renews the little caps on the end of chromosomes whose natural fraying underlies aging and cancer.
  7. Carol Greider (R), professor in the department of molecular biology and genetics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and winner of a share of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Medicine, shares a non-alcoholic champagne toast with her son Charles Comfort (L), 13, during a reception at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, October 5, 2009. Greider, along with Australian-born Elizabeth Blackburn and British-born Jack Szostak, won the Nobel prize for medicine on Monday for discovering and identifying telomerase, the enzyme that renews the little caps on the end of chromosomes whose natural fraying underlies aging and cancer.
  8. SAN FRANCISCO - OCTOBER 05: University of California San Francisco scientist Elizabeth Blackburn speaks during a news conference after winning the Nobel Prize in Medicine October 5, 2009 in San Francisco, California. Blackburn shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine with Carol Greider and Jack Szostak for their discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase.
  9. Australian-born Elizabeth Blackburn (L) smiles as a picture is taken at the University of California, San Francisco, in San Francisco, California, October 5, 2009. Blackburn along with two other Americans won the Nobel prize in medicine for discovering and identifying telomerase, the enzymen that renews the little caps on the end of chromosomes whose natural fraying underlies aging and cancer.
  10. Elizabeth Blackburn, right, is applauded by colleagues outside of her office in San Francisco Monday, Oct. 5, 2009. Sweden's Karolinska institute gave the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine to Americans Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak. The institute says the trio was awarded 'for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase.
  11. Elizabeth Blackburn, right, is toasted by sparkling wine outside of her office in San Francisco Monday, Oct. 5, 2009. Sweden's Karolinska institute gave the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine to Americans Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak. The institute says the trio was awarded 'for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase.
  12. Australian-born Elizabeth Blackburn answers question from the media at the University of California, San Francisco October 5, 2009. Blackburn along with two other Americans won the Nobel prize in medicine for discovering and identifying telomerase, the enzymen that renews the little caps on the end of chromosomes whose natural fraying underlies aging and cancer.
  13. Australian-born Elizabeth Blackburn answers question from the media at the University of California, San Francisco, in San Francisco, California, October 5, 2009. Blackburn along with two other Americans won the Nobel prize in medicine for discovering and identifying telomerase, the enzymen that renews the little caps on the end of chromosomes whose natural fraying underlies aging and cancer.
  14. Australian-born Elizabeth Blackburn (R) has a champagne toast with Susan Desmond-Hellmann, Chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco, in San Francisco, California, October 5, 2009. Blackburn along with two other Americans won the Nobel prize in medicine for discovering and identifying telomerase, the enzymen that renews the little caps on the end of chromosomes whose natural fraying underlies aging and cancer.
  15. Australian-born Elizabeth Blackburn smiles as collegues and students clap for her at the University of California, San Francisco, in San Francisco, California, October 5, 2009. Blackburn along with two other Americans won the Nobel prize in medicine for discovering and identifying telomerase, the enzymen that renews the little caps on the end of chromosomes whose natural fraying underlies aging and cancer.
  16. Australian-born Elizabeth Blackburn smiles in her home in San Francisco, California, October 5, 2009. Blackburn along with two other Americans won the Nobel prize in medicine for discovering and identifying telomerase, the enzymen that renews the little caps on the end of chromosomes whose natural fraying underlies aging and cancer.

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