CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors

Two women scientists, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna have bagged the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing 'CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors'. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences while announcing the winners, stated that the technology created a revolutionary impact on the life sciences that is contributing to new cancer therapies and may make the dream of curing inherited diseases come true. Charpentier is a French scientist… read-more