Scientists Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna have taken out the 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for their development of a method for genome editing.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences stated that Charpentier and Doudna discovered one of gene technology's sharpest tools: the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors.
The innovative technology has made a significant contribution to the development of new cancer therapies and may make the curing of inherited diseases a reality.