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

by Catherine Brady

Book Overview

The story of molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn and her groundbreaking research on telomeres and what it reveals about the resourceful opportunism that characterizes the best scientific thinking.

Molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn--one of Time magazine's 100 "Most Influential People in the World" in 2007--made headlines in 2004 when she was dismissed from the President's Council on Bioethics after objecting to the council's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262512459
• ISBN13: 9780262512459
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher