Chemist no. 217 of 350 · Biochemistry

Emmanuelle Charpentier

1968-FranceNobel Chemistry 2020

CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing

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Emmanuelle Charpentier and CRISPR-Cas9: Programmable Scissors for DNA

How Charpentier and Doudna turned CRISPR-Cas9 into programmable genetic scissors using tracrRNA and guide RNA. 2020 Chemistry Nobel Prize explained.

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Biography

Emmanuelle Charpentier: The Scientist Who Helped Turn Bacteria's Defence into a Gene-Editing Tool

Biography of Emmanuelle Charpentier, French microbiologist who co-developed CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing and shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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