Pioneering CRISPR Genome Editing Technique Wins 2020 Nobel Chemistry Prize
French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer Doudna have been award the2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistryfor their development of theCRISPR / Cas9 genome editing technique , an approach that has often been lauded in the news show as a future panacea , capable of cure any ailment . The two scientists win the 10 - million kronor ( about $ 1.12 million ) pillage , which they will share equally , for developing this simple but powerful way to blue-pencil the genome of live organisms ....