Written by Amitabh Sinha | Pune | Updated: October 8, 2020 7:25:53 am First, the researchers artificially create a guide RNA, which helps guide the genetic scissors to the place in the genome where the cut will be made. To edit a gene, they specially design a small DNA template. …
Read More »2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to two scientists for their work on genome editing
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 7, 2020 4:04:26 pm The prestigious award comes with a gold medal and a cash prize of $ 1.1 million. (Twitter / Nobel Prize) The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Emmanuelle Charpentier …
Read More »French-American duo of Doudna and Charpentier win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their gene editing tool
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A Doudna. (Twitter / Nobel Prize) Charpentier, 51, and Doudna, 56, are only the sixth and seventh women to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. AFP Last update: October 7, 2020 3:45 PM IST FOLLOW US: Emmanuelle Charpentier of France and Jennifer Doudna of the United …
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