World & Nation
Elizabeth Blackburn of California, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak are named for their discoveries on aging and cancer cells.
Oct. 21, 2013
Thousands of South Africa’s poor and voteless blacks paid an unprecedented tribute here Thursday to a middle-class white woman who had championed their cause over the past two decades in the struggle against apartheid.
Jan. 3, 1986
Science & Medicine
3 U.S. scientists share Nobel Prize in medicine
Oct. 6, 2009
Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation: — 2011: American Bruce Beutler and French researcher Jules Hoffmann for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity, sharing it with Canadian-born Ralph Steinman for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity. — 2010: British researcher Robert Edwards for the development of in vitro fertilization. — 2009: Americans Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak for their discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase, research that has implications for cancer and aging research. — 2008: Harald zur Hausen and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier for discoveries of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer and the discovery of human immunodeficiency virus. — 2007: Mario R.
March 20, 2019
Two of South Africa’s most prominent opponents of apartheid were killed in a weekend automobile accident, police reported Sunday.
Dec. 30, 1985
About 20,000 blacks poured into the tree-lined streets of Port Elizabeth for the funeral today of white anti-apartheid activist Molly Blackburn, who was revered as a “warrior of justice.”
Jan. 2, 1986
Business
The former president of the Salk Institute discouraged one of her professors from suing for gender discrimination, saying in a private email that legal action could damage the La Jolla science center’s reputation — and suggesting it might harm the researcher’s career.
Aug. 13, 2018
An enzyme found on the edges of the double helix may help unravel the mysteries of aging and cancer. A biologist continues the intriguing research she began 30 years ago.
June 23, 2003
A leading white opponent of South Africa’s system of racial segregation was arrested Tuesday, an hour before she was to meet with two former U.S.
July 24, 1985
The former president of the Salk Institute discouraged one of her professors from suing for gender discrimination, saying in a private email that legal action could damage the La Jolla science center’s reputation — and suggested it might harm the researcher’s career.
Aug. 12, 2018