Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to women who discovered CRISPR gene editing

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been jointly awarded to two women for the development of a method of genome editing used in animal and plant science.

Alice Dyer

07 October 2020 • 1 min read

Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to women who discovered CRISPR gene editing

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been jointly awarded to two women for the development of a method of genome editing used in animal and plant science. Prof Emmanuelle Charpentier of Max Planck...

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