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GöteborgBIO
Medicinaregatan 8A
SE- 413 46 Göteborg
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)31 - 61 24 02
Fax: +46 (0)31 - 41 97 00
GöteborgBIO
Medicinaregatan 8A
SE- 413 46 Göteborg
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)31 - 61 24 02
Fax: +46 (0)31 - 41 97 00
Well-deserved Nobel Prize according to stem-cell researcher at the Sahlgrenska Academy
The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is being awarded to three American scientists, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak, for their discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and by an enzyme known as telomerase. It is a well-deserved Nobel Prize, says stem-cell researcher Tomas Simonsson at the Sahlgrenska Academy.
"This is a crucial discovery in our bid to understand the resistant properties of cancer cells, and it is also an important piece of the puzzle if we are to be able to reprogram cells and develop stem-cell therapy," says Tomas Simonsson, Associate Professor at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg.
The research that is now being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is the result of studies into a fundamental biological question. "They were not searching for a cure for illnesses, but trying instead to find out what it is that allows certain cells to continue to divide without ageing. The research led to the discovery of telomerase, a unique protein that is only found in stem cells and that reawakens in cancer cells," says Tomas Simonsson.
Source: Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg
Updated: 2010-08-25
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