Ten years. a time that may seem long in everyday life, but which in the field of research is relatively short. However, the impact of CRISPR-Cas9 technology, a fantastic tool for manipulating the genetic code, in such a short time is impressive. And because genome editing is applicable to all areas of biology, all life sciences benefit from it.
Sometimes described as “precision genetic scissors,” the CRISPR-Cas9 tool uses a protein that can cut double-stranded DNA paired with guide RNA (knowing where to interfere with the genetic material). The technique was developed thanks to the collaboration between Frenchman Emmanuelle Charpentier, director of the Max-Planck Research Center for Pathogen Science in Berlin, and American Jennifer Doudna, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2012, just eight years after their initial publication, they won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
The applications of CRISPR are too numerous to list at length.
Jennifer Doudna, 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, with Emmanuel Charpentier
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Source: Le Figaro
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