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Nobel Chemistry Prize Awarded for CRISPR ‘Genetic Scissors’

By Jordana Cepelewicz
October 7, 2020
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Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna have been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their development of CRISPR/Cas9 genetic editing.

Q&A

Doudna’s Confidence in CRISPR’s Research Potential Burns Bright

By Vanessa Schipani
February 27, 2019
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Jennifer Doudna, one of CRISPR’s primary innovators, stays optimistic about how the gene-editing tool will continue to empower basic biological understanding.

evolution

Genetic Engineering to Clash With Evolution

By Brooke Borel
September 8, 2016
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Gene drives promise to spread a trait across an entire population. But evolutionary forces are going to alter even the best-engineered plans.

Biology

New Letters Added to the Genetic Alphabet

By Emily Singer
July 10, 2015
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Scientists hope that new genetic letters, created in the lab, will endow DNA with new powers.

Biology

Breakthrough DNA Editor Born of Bacteria

By Carl Zimmer
February 6, 2015
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Interest in a powerful DNA editing tool called CRISPR has revealed that bacteria are far more sophisticated than anyone imagined.

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