Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded 2 Scientists for development of a method for a genome editing

Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded 2 Scientists for development of a method for a genome editing

Two scientists have awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing genome editing tool.

French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna are the first two women awarded for their work on the technology of genome editing known as CRISPR.

This discovery, known as CRISPR-Cas9 genetic cutting, is a way of making specific changes to the DNA contained in living cells.

The prize money of 10 million krona (£861,200; $1,110,400).

This technology have been used to treat, or even cure, inherited illnesses.

"When it happens, you're very surprised, and you think it's not real. But obviously it's real," she said.

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One of the first two women to share the prize, Prof Charpentier said: “I wish that this will provide a positive message specifically for young girls who would like to follow the path of science….and to show them that women in science can also have an impact with the research they are performing.”