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HomeEmmanuelle Charpentier (left) and Jennifer Doudna (right) shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on genome editing. (© Susan Walsh/AP Images)

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Emmanuelle Charpentier (left) and Jennifer Doudna (right) shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on genome editing. (© Susan Walsh/AP Images)

February 10, 2021

Emmanuelle Charpentier (left) and Jennifer Doudna (right) shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on genome editing. (© Susan Walsh/AP Images)

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