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Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, 2008 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine

Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The names of the year's Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine are announced during a press conference at the Nobel Forum, Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. The announcement is web cast live here at Nobelprize.org!

2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak "for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase".

Announcement of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Watch the official announcement of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine from the Nobel Forum, Karolinska Institutet, in Sweden.

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