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CAROL GREIDER - NobelPrize.org

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Carol Greider achieved success in molecular biology in the same way she overcame dyslexia as a child: with persistence and creativity. She discovered telomerase, an enzyme that is key to the ageing process and the growth of cancer cells, and has major implications for medical research. Born in 1961 to two scientists, Carol Greider struggled at West Davis (California) Elementary School. Because of difficulty spelling and sounding out words, she was put in remedial classes. “I thought of myself as ‘stupid’ because I needed remedial help.” Since she couldn’t learn to read the traditional way, she found another: she taught herself to memorise words and letter order, circumventing her inability to sound out words. Carol and her brother walked to school every day. They were independent children, even more so after their mother died in 1967, when Carol was six. When she was ten, the family spent a year in Heidelberg, Germany, where her father had a research sabbatical. Her grades were bad, es

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009 Carol Greider achieved success in molecular biology in the same way she overcame dyslexia as a child: with persistence and creativity. She discovered telomerase, an enzyme that is key to the ageing process and the growth of cancer cells, and has major implications for medical research. An image showing the increased copy number of the telomerase gene in cancer. Photo: © National Institutes of Health Born in 1961 to two scientists, Carol Greider struggled at West Davis (California) Elementary School. Because of difficulty spelling and sounding out word

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