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What are Elizabeth H. Blackburn’s views of the role of science in society?

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In an essay that Elizabeth H. Blackburn wrote in 2018 for the Encyclopædia Britannica Anniversary Edition: 250 Years of Excellence, she argued that science should be the central pillar in efforts to solve global challenges: “Let’s initiate a unified and universal reliance on science to better protect our world and the people living in it.”

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Who is Elizabeth H. Blackburn?

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Elizabeth H. Blackburn is an Australian-born American molecular biologist and biochemist who was co-awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for her discoveries elucidating the genetic composition and function of telomeres (segments of DNA occurring at the ends of chromosomes) and for her contribution to the discovery of an enzyme called telomerase.

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