French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna are awarded 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a method for genome editing.
Charpentier and Doudna have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a method of genome editing known as CRISPR. They have discovered one of gene technology’s sharpest tools: the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors. Using these, researchers can change the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with extremely high precision.
The name of these joint recipients was announced by Secretary-General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Goran Hansson, Wednesday in Stockholm.
