Wall Street Journal: Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded for Crispr Gene-Editing Technology
“Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for discovering a powerful tool for genome editing that has enabled relatively quick and easy modification of the building blocks of life and promises new drugs for a range of diseases. France’s Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna shared the prize awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. Only five other women had ever received the award since its inception in 1901, bringing the total to seven out of 185 individuals…” (Abbott/Sugden, 10/7).

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