Emmanuelle Marie Charpentier and Jennifer Anne Doudna were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020. The CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology, the "gene scissors", was jointly developed by the two female scientists. Due to its low cost and high ease, the CRISPR/Cas9 technology greatly promotes the development of the life sciences. The huge commercial value of this technology is also recognized by the society. This paper reviews the scientific researches of the two scientists, as well as the impact and the enlightenment of their results.
CHEN Biao
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FU Xiaohang
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ZHU Yuewei
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DI Yumeng
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WU Youjin
. Emmanuelle Marie Charpentier and Jennifer Anne Doudna: Two female scientists who were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 for ‘gene scissors’[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2021
, 39(20)
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DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2021.20.014
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