Jennifer Doudna
b. 1964 · United States · Chemistry, Biology
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2020
CRISPR gene editing, now in approved sickle-cell therapy.
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- Ada Yonath
1939 · Chemistry, Biology
Ribosome structures established the RNA-machine picture CRISPR engineering assumes.
- Francis Crick
1916 – 2004 · Biology
The central dogma defines the sequence-editing problem CRISPR solves.
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