What is Elizabeth Blackburn's full name?
Elizabeth Helen Blackburn
Elizabeth Marie Blackburn
Elizabeth Anne Blackburn
Elizabeth Jane Blackburn
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Elizabeth Helen Blackburn is an Australian-American molecular biologist who won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her work on telomeres and the enzyme telomerase. Blackburn's research has shed light on the fundamental mechanisms of cellular aging and cancer development. She is a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
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