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Nobel Chemistry Prize Awarded for CRISPR ‘Genetic Scissors’

Jordana Cepelewicz — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 10:02:59 +0000

A humbling lesson of science is that, even when it comes to many of humanity’s most brilliant inventions, nature got there first. The 2020 selection for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to two scientists who share credit for identifying and developing a revolutionary method of genome editing — one that has allowed researchers to modify and investigate the genomes of microbial...

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Doudna’s Confidence in CRISPR’s Research Potential Burns Bright

Vanessa Schipani — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 15:50:50 +0000

No one needs to remind Jennifer Doudna about the power of CRISPR, the precision genome-editing technology she codeveloped. CRISPR “gives us a way to ultimately control the evolution of any organism — including ourselves. It is a profound thing. Human beings have now learned enough about our own genetic code that we can change it at will,” she said. “It’s kind of crazy to think about.

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Breakthrough DNA Editor Born of Bacteria

Carl Zimmer — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 16:58:33 +0000

On a November evening last year, Jennifer Doudna put on a stylish black evening gown and headed to Hangar One, a building at NASA’s Ames Research Center that was constructed in 1932 to house dirigibles. Under the looming arches of the hangar, Doudna mingled with celebrities like Benedict Cumberbatch, Cameron Diaz and Jon Hamm before receiving the 2015 Breakthrough Prize in life sciences...

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