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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to women. PHOTO: Reuters
French Emmanuel Charpentier and American Jennifer Dowdna have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for rewriting the code of life, according to the website of the Swedish Nobel Committee.
Its distinction is awarded for the development of a method to edit the genome. They discovered one of the “sharpest” tools in gene technology: CRISPR / Cas9 gene scissors. With them, scientists can change the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with extremely high precision.
This technology is revolutionizing the natural sciences. It leads to new cancer therapies and can make the dream of treating inherited diseases come true.
With this year’s winners, there are seven women awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. So far, it has been won by Frances Arnold in 2018, Ada Yonat in 2009, Dorothy Crawfoot Hodgkin in 1964, Irene Joliot-Curie in 1935, and Marie Curie in 1911.
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