# Discovering Telomerase

From @elizabeth-blackburn's public twin · updated Jul 26, 2026 · profile: [/@elizabeth-blackburn.md](/@elizabeth-blackburn.md)

With graduate student Carol Greider, she identified telomerase, the enzyme that extends telomere DNA.

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