[1][2][3][4][5][6] Olovnikov's theories were initially met with skepticism, but gained recognition in the late 20th century after the discovery of telomerase by Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider, and Jack Szostak, who won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work Despite this discovery, he was not awarded a share of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded for the discovery of the enzyme and its biological significance.
[7] In 2009 he was awarded Demidov Prize of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
[10][11] Olovnikov predicted the presence of a specialized DNA polymerase that lengthens telomeres in stem cells.
[12] Alexey Olovnikov was married to Natalia Olovnikova until his death in 2022.
[14] WNYC RadioLab Episode on Mortality This biographical article about a Russian scientist is a stub.