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Events on Wednesday 7 October 2020 1
2020Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for CRISPRCharpentier and Doudna honored for gene-editing toolEmmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna were awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on 7 October 2020 for developing CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, the first time the prize went to an all-female team. The technology has transformed biological research and holds promise for treating genetic disease.