Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to two women researchers for a gene-editing tool that has revolutionised science by providing a way to alter DNA
French researcher in microbiology, genetics and biochemistry Emmanuelle Charpentier attends a press conference in Berlin, on October 7, 2020.
"Strangely enough I was told a number of times but when it happens you are very surprised and you feel that it's not real," she said. While researching a common harmful bacteria, Charpentier discovered a previously unknown molecule – part of the bacteria's ancient immune system that disarms viruses by snipping off parts of their DNA.
Charpentier currently works as the director of the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens in Berlin, Germany, while Doudna is a professor of biochemistry at the University of California. Another question has been whether the CRISPR technique perhaps was a better fit for the medicine prize.
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