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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to Emmanuel Sharpentier and Jennifer A. Dodna for genome editing with CRISPR.

They discovered one of the sharpest tools in gene technology: the CRISPR / Cas9 gene clipper. With these, researchers can alter the DNA of animals, plants, and microorganisms with extremely high accuracy.

Goran K. Hanson, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, said this year’s prize was about “rewriting the code of life.”

American biochemist Jennifer A. Dodna (left) and French microbiologist Emmanuel Charpentier, pictured together in 2016.

CRISPR / Cas9 gene editing tools have revolutionized the molecular life sciences, opened up new opportunities for plant breeding, and contributed to innovative cancer treatments, and the dream of treating genetic diseases has come true.

Charpentier, from France, and our friend from the United States, are the first two women to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry together, and the sixth and seventh to win the Chemistry Prize.

The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded for the discoveries of black holes that have revealed
On Tuesday, this year Nobel Prize in Physics To scientists Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel, and Andrea Jies for their discoveries about black holes.
The Nobel Prize in Medicine It was jointly awarded to the US and UK trio of Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Ris on Monday for the detection of hepatitis C virus, which has led to the development of tests and treatments.

The Nobel Prize in Literature will be announced Thursday, the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday and the Prize in Economic Sciences on Monday.

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