AMERICANS Elizabeth H Blackburn, Carol W Greider and Jack W Szostak won the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine yesterday for discovering a key mechanism in the genetic operations of cells, an insight that hasinspired new lines ofresearch into cancer.

Americans Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak were named as winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine today for research that has implications for cancer and ageing research.

Americans Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak were named as winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine today for research that has implications for cancer and ageing research.