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The two Nobel laureates. (Image: Keystone)
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Biochemists Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna revolutionized their field with their research. Now they have received the Nobel Prize.
This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to biochemists Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna. The award recognizes her development of a method of genetic modification.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Wednesday in Stockholm. French Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna developed the Crispr-Cas9 genetic scissors. With this, the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms can be changed with extremely high precision.
Breakthrough in genetic research
Gene scissors have revolutionized molecular life sciences, according to the Nobel Committee. It opens up new possibilities for plant breeding, contributes to innovative cancer therapies and could make the dream of curing inherited diseases a reality.
Last year, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries.
Nobel prizes are endowed with ten million Swedish crowns (about 1,030,000 francs) per category. Prize winners will be officially honored on December 10, the anniversary of the death of prize sponsor and inventor of dynamite Alfred Nobel. In addition to the prize money, you will receive the famous medal and a Nobel certificate.
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