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Elizabeth Blackburn and the Story of Telomeres: Deciphering the Ends of DNA

Catherine Brady

9780262512459

MIT Press

Biography: science, technology & engineering; DNA & Genome; Molecular biology

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408 pages

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Molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn - one of Time magazine's 100 'People Who Shape Our World' in 2007 - made headlines in 2004 when she was dismissed from the President's Council on Bioethics after objecting to the council's call for a moratorium on stem cell research and protesting the suppression of relevant scientific evidence in its final report. But it is Blackburn's groundbreaking work on telomeric DNA, which launched the field of telomere research, that will have the more profound and long-lasting effect on science and society. In this compelling biography, Catherine Brady tells the story of Elizabeth Blackburn's life and work and the emergence of a new field of scientific research on the specialized ends of chromosomes and the telomerase enzyme that extends them. In Brady's hands, Blackburn's story reveals much about the tension between pure and applied science, the politicking that makes research science such a competitive field, and the resourceful opportunism that characterizes the best scientific thinking.

By:   Catherine Brady
Imprint:   MIT Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 28mm
Weight:   567g
ISBN:  

9780262512459


ISBN 10:   0262512459
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   March 2009
Audience:   General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock at Abbey's Bookshop
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Catherine Brady is Assistant Professor in the MFA in Writing Program at the University of San Francisco. She is the author of two collections of short stories, The End of the Class War and Curled in the Bed of Love (a winner of the 2002 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction).


An inspiring account of a real-life heroine, and a lesson in how to conduct Nobel-quality research. - Nancy Hopkins, Amgen, Inc. Professor of Biology, MIT Although Blackburn is certainly not an average woman scientist, there are many features of her journey that others who are interested in medical science - women and men alike - will connect with. - Thomas R. Cech, Ph.D., New England Journal of Medicine

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