Chemistry Nobel Price 2020: The Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2020 has been awarded to the scientists who developed “genetic scissors” that can change DNA. Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A Doudna won the award for creating a tool for rewriting the code of life, the award will be shared by both the scientists.
Both of them developed the genetic scissors known as CRISPR/Cas9 together which can be used to precisely edit the DNA of animals, plants, and microorganisms.
BREAKING NEWS:
The 2020 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing.” pic.twitter.com/CrsnEuSwGD— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 7, 2020
The full implications of the creation are still being examined years after it was first discovered. Though the genetic scissors have already been used with revolutionary effects in cancer and other research, researchers have suggested that future breakthroughs could bring the ability to snip out inherited diseases and cure them.
“My wish is that this will provide a positive message to the young girls who would like to follow the path of science, and to show them that women in science can also have an impact through the research that they are performing.”
– 2020 Chemistry Laureate Emmanuelle Charpentier. pic.twitter.com/0yWdih3hpl
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 7, 2020
This year’s Chemistry Laureate Jennifer A. Doudna was born in 1964 in Washington, D.C, USA.
She is a Professor at @UCBerkeley, USA and Investigator at @HHMINEWS.https://t.co/GMyJGnBMlThttps://t.co/CtXW7pRzop#NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/FK2tMfunW1
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According to Claes Gustafsson, chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, “There is enormous power in this genetic tool, which affects us all. It has not only revolutionised basic science but also resulted in innovative crops and will lead to ground-breaking new medical treatments.”
“The ability to cut the DNA where you want has revolutionised the life sciences,” Pernilla Wittung Stafshede, member of the academy of sciences said. The two researchers will share the prize of 10 million Swedish kronor, or roughly $1.1 million.
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