Who among the following were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 for their exemplary work in genome editing?

The correct answer is Jennifer A Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier.

• Jennifer A Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 for their exemplary work in genome editing.

Important Points

• Genome editing is the technology that allows the addition, alteration and removal of genetic material at particular locations in the genome.
• Specific changes in the DNA of a cell or organism are made.
• Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats(CRISPR) technology is a gene-editing technology that can be used for the purpose of changing the genome of an Organism.
• French American Duo was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 for the chemistry of CRISPR.
• Cas9 is a special protein known as a genetic scissor which is used to break and remove the problematic sequence.

Additional Information

• Nobel prize in chemistry
  •  George P Smith and Sir Gregory P Winter have been awarded in 2018 " for the directed evolution of enzymes"

• Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine
  • ​James P Allison and Tasuku Honjo have been awarded in 2018 for" their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation"
• ​Nobel prize in Physics
  • ​Gerard Mourou and Donna Strickland have been awarded in 2018 for  "groundbreaking interventions in the field of laser Physics"