Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Jack W. Szostak
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Jack W. Szostak is the prestigious award given for groundbreaking discoveries in the life sciences, notably recognizing work on telomeres and the enzyme telomerase.
All labels observed (1)
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| Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Jack W. Szostak canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3507119 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Jack W. Szostak Context triple: [Elizabeth Blackburn, coRecipientOf, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Jack W. Szostak]
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A.
Max Delbrück Medal
The Max Delbrück Medal is a prestigious German scientific award recognizing outstanding contributions to molecular biology and related life sciences.
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B.
Gruber Genetics Prize
The Gruber Genetics Prize is a prestigious international award that honors pioneering contributions to the field of genetics.
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C.
Aziz Sancar
Aziz Sancar is a Turkish-American biochemist and molecular biologist who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work on DNA repair mechanisms.
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D.
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences is a prestigious international award that honors transformative advances in understanding living systems and improving human life.
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E.
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
The Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research is a prestigious American biomedical science prize often regarded as a precursor to the Nobel Prize, honoring groundbreaking discoveries in fundamental medical research.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Jack W. Szostak Target entity description: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Jack W. Szostak is the prestigious award given for groundbreaking discoveries in the life sciences, notably recognizing work on telomeres and the enzyme telomerase.
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A.
Max Delbrück Medal
The Max Delbrück Medal is a prestigious German scientific award recognizing outstanding contributions to molecular biology and related life sciences.
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B.
Gruber Genetics Prize
The Gruber Genetics Prize is a prestigious international award that honors pioneering contributions to the field of genetics.
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C.
Aziz Sancar
Aziz Sancar is a Turkish-American biochemist and molecular biologist who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work on DNA repair mechanisms.
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D.
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences is a prestigious international award that honors transformative advances in understanding living systems and improving human life.
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E.
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
The Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research is a prestigious American biomedical science prize often regarded as a precursor to the Nobel Prize, honoring groundbreaking discoveries in fundamental medical research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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scientific award ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
DNA ends
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chromosome ends ⓘ enzyme activity ⓘ genome integrity ⓘ |
| awardCategory | Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| awardedBy | Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute ⓘ |
| awardType | international ⓘ |
| country | Sweden ⓘ |
| field |
life sciences
ⓘ
medicine ⓘ physiology ⓘ |
| hasDiscipline |
cell biology
ⓘ
genetics ⓘ molecular biology ⓘ |
| hasLaureate |
Carol W. Greider
ⓘ
Elizabeth Blackburn ⓘ
surface form:
Elizabeth H. Blackburn
Jack W. Szostak ⓘ |
| isPrestigious | true ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialAnnouncements |
English
ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Alfred Nobel ⓘ |
| partOf | Nobel Prize ⓘ |
| recognizesContribution | discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase ⓘ |
| recognizesDiscovery |
telomerase
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telomeres ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
aging
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cancer research ⓘ cell division ⓘ chromosome stability ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria | groundbreaking discoveries in life sciences ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Jack W. Szostak Description of subject: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Jack W. Szostak is the prestigious award given for groundbreaking discoveries in the life sciences, notably recognizing work on telomeres and the enzyme telomerase.
Referenced by (1)
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