Emmanuelle Charpentier, PhD, and Jennifer Doudna, PhD, who pioneered the site-specific CRISPR gene-editing technology that has revolutionized cancer research and treatment, were awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Many CRISPR-based therapies are already in human testing, with gene-edited T cells for blood cancers and solid tumors leading the way.

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