Nejvyšší ocenění koncům chromozomů

The highest award for chromosome ends by Jiří Fajkus and Eva Sýkorová.

The article maps briefly the history of research of telomeres from its beginning in fourties of the last century up to the presence. The story of research winning the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2009 is presented in its wider context, trying to emphasize important factors that had contributed to the breakthrough discoveries awarded.