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The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: CRISPR (Mini Episode)

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Surprise! We know you're waiting for a new episode, so in the meantime we wanted to give you a little something extra to chew on!

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna, a team of researchers at UC Berkeley for discovering the revolutionary genetic engineering tool, CRISPR. A few years ago though, this recognition didn't look so sure for them.

Some of our sources:

https://labratchroniclesblog.wordpress.com/home-2/blog/page/3/

https://womenlovetech.com/female-scientists-make-history-for-winning-the-nobel-prize-in-chemistry/

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2020/press-release/