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Cancer Research Group Honors Blackburn Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD, professor of microbiology and immunology, is being honored today as a pioneer in the discovery of telomerase and its potential role in cancer treatment and aging. The American Association for Cancer Research, which is meeting in San Francisco this week, has named her the 40th G.H.A. Clowes Memorial Award Lecturer, which honors an individual with a sustained record of outstanding accomplishments in basic research. She will deliver her lecture, "Telomeres, Telomerase, and Cell Growth," this evening at the Moscone Convention Center. It is was the latest award for Blackburn, whose pioneering studies have revealed the critical role of telomeres -- segments of DNA that bind both ends of chromosomes – and could one day explain the secrets of cancer and aging. Her characterization of this enzyme and the way it functions has spurred an entire new era of cancer diagnosis and therapeutics. Eli Lilly and Company instituted the Clowes Award in 1961 in memory of G.H.A. Clowes, a founding member of the AACR and a research director of Eli Lilly. Founded in 1907, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is a professional organization of more than 15,000 laboratory and clinical scientists engaged in cancer research in the United States, Canada, and more than 60 other countries. Links: American Association for Cancer Research Blackburn Honored for Distinguished Research Blackburn in Israel to Receive Harvey Prize Telomerase Finding Suggests New Target for Extending Cell's Life Span Blackburn Wins Two Major Awards Blackburn Finds Promise of Cancer Cure at the Cellular Level |
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