The Nobel-Prize-Winning Chemist Who Pioneered Gene Editing
The Nobel-Prize-Winning Chemist Who Pioneered Gene Editing
Since the discovery of the gene-editing potential of CRISPR-Cas9, Dr. Jennifer Doudna has become a science superstar. As her fame ballooned, so did her workload: she runs a large lab at UC Berkeley, helms the Innovative Genomics Institute, consults on projects, speaks at conferences, sits for interviews, and keeps pace with her own scientific research.
With so many moving parts, it is perhaps no surprise that she slept through the call alerting her that she had won this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Doudna was the co-recipient of the prestigious award with French scientist Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier, marking the first
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