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Prized Curiosity
Carol Greider’s inquisitive nature and tenacity helped her win a Nobel, despite a learning disability.
Last month, when Carol Greider won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, she called the award “a boost for fundamental, curiosity-driven science.” It was also a measure of her fortitude, given that she has struggled with dyslexia all her life.
In 1984—at age 23— Greider, the Daniel Nathans Professor and Director of Molecular Biology and Genetics, co-discovered the enzyme telomerase, which protects chromosome ends (telomeres). But back then, as a grad student at UC Berkeley, she and her colleagues had no idea of the discovery’s medical relevance.
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