Multiple choice

Who among the following was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for 2009?

  1. Charles Kao,Willard Boyle and George Smith

  2. Elizabeth Blackburn,Jack Szostak and Carol Greider

  3. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas Steitz and Ada Yonath

  4. Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Elizabeth Blackburn, Jack Szostak, and Carol Greider for discovering how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase. Their work revealed fundamental mechanisms of cellular aging and genetic stability, with implications for cancer and age-related diseases. Kao/Boyle/Smith won Physics, Ramakrishnan won Chemistry, and Ostrom won Economics.

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