2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: A Tool for Genome Editing (CRISPR-Cas9)

Description

CRISPR-Cas9 is a tool for genome editing discovered by Dr. Jennifer Doudna and Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier, who share the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for its discovery. In this infographic (made in collaboration with researchers from the Doudna Lab), learn more about how CRISPR-Cas9 functions in the bacterial innate immune system, how CRISPR-Cas9 being harnessed for gene editing, and its revolutionary applications in fields ranging from biomedicine to industrial biotechnology.

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Content references: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2020/press-release/ https://www.broadinstitute.org/what-broad/areas-focus/project-spotlight/crispr-timeline https://international.neb.com/tools-and-resources/featur-articles/crispr-cas9-and-targeted-genome-editing-a-new-era-in-molecular-biology https://www.cell.com/trends/microbiology/comments/S0966-842X(17)30093-8 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/346/6213/1258096 https://www.addgene.org/crispr/history/ Timeline references: https://www.whatisbiotechnology.org/index.php/timeline/science/CRISPR-Cas9 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21455174/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22745249/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23386978/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24505130/ https://www.broadinstitute.org/what-broad/areas-focus/project-spotlight/crispr-timeline

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