Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2020 goes to.....

Congratulations for the Nobel Prize winner in chemistry for a novel gene editing method called “CRISPRCas9” (discovered in 2012).These genetic scissors that can cut DNA at specific locations was originally discovered in a bacteria( they are part of their immune system) are being used to treat genetic disorders(sickle cell anemia),HIV, design new cancer therapies and many more. There is a patent dispute ongoing as 7 months after their discovery Zhangs group showed this can be used a double molecule method for eukaryote/human cell system, thus amplifying the value of this discovery. However, the original discovers maintained that they had stated how to apply it in their original work. It’s a very recent technology and it’s still in primitive stages, but good to see such encouragement.