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Where was Carol W. Greider born?

  • San Diego, California

  • New York, New York

  • Chicago, Illinois

  • Houston, Texas

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San Diego, California is the birthplace of Carol W. Greider, an American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate. Her groundbreaking research on telomeres and telomerase earned her the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared with Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Jack W. Szostak. Greider's discoveries have significant implications for understanding aging, cancer, and genetic diseases.
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