The telomere story or the triumph of an open-minded research

Eric Gilson (1, 2) , Evelyne Ségal-Bendirdjian (3, 4)

1 Department of Medical Genetics
2 Laboratoire de biologie et pathologie des génomes
3 U1007 - Homéostasie cellulaire et cancer - Reprogrammation des réponses biologiques et thérapies alternatives
4 UPD5 - Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5

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.

Mots clés: Telomere; Telomerase; 2009 Nobel prize in Medicine or Physiology

Domaines: Biochimie, Biologie Moléculaire

Eric Gilson, Evelyne Ségal-Bendirdjian. The telomere story or the triumph of an open-minded research. Biochimie, 2010, 92 (4), pp.321-326. ⟨ensl-00815725⟩