The genetic code is usually described as an orderly language, read one letter after another in precise three-letter units.

Gene-editing tool CRISPR has helped create a new treatment for sickle cell disease, and other applications are being tested ...

Good morning! ☀️Sometimes, a single book given by your parents in the sixth grade can determine the course of your life.

Jennifer Doudna’s journey from a childhood shaped by puzzles and Hawaii’s natural environment to winning the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry highlights the role of curiosity, mentorship and persistence ...

Jennifer Doudna was staring at a computer screen filled with a string of As, Cs, Ts, and Gs—the letters that make up human DNA—and witnessing a debilitating genetic disease being cured right before ...

CRISPR co-discoverer Jennifer Doudna was named a Nobel laureate in Chemistry today, sharing the honour with Emmanuelle Charpentier. We had the opportunity to speak to Doudna recently at our TechCrunch ...

CRISPR co-creator Jennifer Doudna on watching her groundbreaking gene-editing technology help sickle cell patients: “It’s extraordinary.” Jennifer Doudna codeveloped the revolutionary gene-editing ...

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Biochemist Jennifer Doudna, a faculty scientist at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), founder of the Innovative Genomics Institute, and a professor at UC ...

Jennifer Doudna, a UC Berkeley biochemist who shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the invention of CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, has been awarded a National Medal of Technology and Innovation, ...

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The American Chemical Society (ACS) is proud to announce that Jennifer A. Doudna is the recipient of the 2026 Priestley Medal. This award is the highest honor bestowed by ACS, and it annually ...