The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020
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Re: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020
#2The CRISPR/Cas9 technique is so ground breaking. I am not surprised.
Re: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020
#3There's a documentary on Netflix "Human Nature" that discusses the history of CRISPR and features interviews with both Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna. [0][1][2]
[0] https://www.netflix.com/title/81220944
Re: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020
#4What about Feng Zhang?
Re: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020
#5This is one of the most inevitable Nobels in recent memory. The only question was whether they would win it in Chemistry or Medicine.
Re: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020
#6To Emmanuelle Charpentier [1] and Jennifer A. Doudna [2] for CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing [3].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuelle_Charpentier
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#7There was a really interesting debate here on who should get credit for the patent (Charpentier & Doudna vs. Feng Zhang and to a lesser extent George Church, i.e. discovery + characterization vs. making things practical). I find it interesting, but not surprising, to see that only the former are getting the Nobel Prize.
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#8Maybe a bit premature, but I'm glad this is going to Charpentier and Doudna rather than Zhang and the Broad.
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#9I'll leave the scientific explanation links to people who know more but here's a fun song about this https://youtu.be/k99bMtg4zRk
Re: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020
#10Maybe a bit premature, but I'm glad this is going to Charpentier and Doudna rather than Zhang and the Broad.
Why?