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Today it is revealed who or who will receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Stock Photography.
On the third day of Nobel Week, the time has come for the chemistry award. Crispr genetic scissors have been among the previous suggestions for several years. But targeting nanocrystals and vital metal research can be tough competitors.
Last year’s chemistry award was already bouncing in the pockets of a large number of people. John B Goodenough, Stanley Wittingham and Akira Yoshino were rewarded for research that paved the way for the lithium battery, which keeps our cell phones alive between charges. An equally well-known area of research does not appear to be included in this year’s preliminary advice. But who knows?
Good advice for many years is the Crispr genetic scissors, which has revolutionized the ability to cut and paste into the genome with great precision. Technology has gone a long way in adapting everything from bacteria to larger organisms so that they can, for example, function as models in drug research.
Swedish connection
If the method is awarded, the French researcher Emmanuelle Charpentier could be one of the winners. She developed the method during a period in the early 2010s, when she was active at Umeå University. This was done in collaboration, among others, with the American researcher Jennifer Doudna, who in that case may also be relevant as a winner of the award.
Another proposal, which stands out, among others, the international analysis company Clarivate, is the production of nanocrystals. They can be used, for example, to make target drugs. In that case, it could be the South Korean researcher Taeghwan Hyeon and the Americans Moungi Bawendi and Christoper Murray who, in some way safe for the covid, could receive the Nobel medals.
It became a concept
Clarivate also mentions American researchers John Hartwig and Stephen Buchwald as potential winners, whose last name has become a separate concept in organometallic chemistry, or bioinorganic chemistry as it is also called, which deals with the function of metals in living organisms.
Soon, however, no guessing will be necessary. This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be announced sometime after 11:45 am today, by the permanent secretary of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Göran K Hansson.
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