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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020

39 points by alberto_ol 6y ago

alberto_ol 6y ago
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 was awarded jointly to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna "for the development of a method for genome editing.
hatmatrix 6y ago
They are currently engaged in a patent dispute with the Broad Institute on the use of CRISPR on eukaryotic cells and so it was believed that they would not win the Nobel until the dispute was resolved. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/latest-round-crispr-patent-battle-has-apparent-victor-fight-continues https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/latest-round-crispr-...
RoutinePlayer 6y ago
Congrats. This technology may be the start of something very big.
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afwe 6y ago
Francis Mojica, Virginjus Siksnys and others were practically removed from the way. https://twitter.com/LluisMontoliu/status/1313780608305332224 https://twitter.com/LluisMontoliu/status/1313780608305332224
- rimliu 6y ago
  Virginijus was our (Lithuania) best recent chance to get a Nobel prize winner :(
- newyankee 6y ago
  IIRC both these individuals emphasized that their work wouldn't had been possible without many other things working. But then i guess that is how awards work i guess.
  - xpuente 6y ago
    I guess being the first one, might have some merit, right? Mújica was who discover it in 1993. This how science and awards works now: the system corruption is pervasive. There is no potential explanation to exclude Mújica from such award, otherwise.
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eliben 6y ago
Certainly well-deserved; CRISPR is a transformational invention.
tamcap 6y ago
Wow, what a plot twist. The Broad Institute researchers got nothing, even though they are currently winning the patent wars. Fascinating.
- fmajid 6y ago
  Sometimes the Nobel makes a pointed statement. As for instance when Einstein got his in 1921, over a decade after his 1905 paper on relativity, for the photoelectric effect, and no mention of special relativity, since it had actually been discovered by Poincaré and Lorentz, and the Academy disapproved of Einstein claiming credit for it.
Upvoter33 6y ago
dup https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24706670 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24706670
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DevX101 6y ago
A brief history of CRISPR and its key contributors: https://www.broadinstitute.org/what-broad/areas-focus/project-spotlight/crispr-timeline https://www.broadinstitute.org/what-broad/areas-focus/projec...
- fmajid 6y ago
  You forget to mention the Broad Institute is not a disinterested party, they stand to make a lot of money from patents, and thus have a strong incentive to inflate their own claims and minimize those of others.
mrwnmonm 6y ago
So can I make my eyes blue now?
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fmajid 6y ago
Great and overdue. I was just telling my mother yesterday that it was a travesty the inventors of CRISPR hadn't been honored yet with the Medicine Nobel.

39 points by alberto_ol 6y ago

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 was awarded jointly to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna "for the development of a method for genome editing.

hatmatrix 6y ago

They are currently engaged in a patent dispute with the Broad Institute on the use of CRISPR on eukaryotic cells and so it was believed that they would not win the Nobel until the dispute was resolved. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/latest-round-crispr-patent-battle-has-apparent-victor-fight-continues https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/latest-round-crispr-...

RoutinePlayer 6y ago

Congrats. This technology may be the start of something very big.

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afwe 6y ago

Francis Mojica, Virginjus Siksnys and others were practically removed from the way. https://twitter.com/LluisMontoliu/status/1313780608305332224 https://twitter.com/LluisMontoliu/status/1313780608305332224

rimliu 6y ago
Virginijus was our (Lithuania) best recent chance to get a Nobel prize winner :(
newyankee 6y ago
IIRC both these individuals emphasized that their work wouldn't had been possible without many other things working. But then i guess that is how awards work i guess.
- xpuente 6y ago
  I guess being the first one, might have some merit, right? Mújica was who discover it in 1993. This how science and awards works now: the system corruption is pervasive. There is no potential explanation to exclude Mújica from such award, otherwise.
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eliben 6y ago

Certainly well-deserved; CRISPR is a transformational invention.

tamcap 6y ago

Wow, what a plot twist. The Broad Institute researchers got nothing, even though they are currently winning the patent wars. Fascinating.

fmajid 6y ago
Sometimes the Nobel makes a pointed statement. As for instance when Einstein got his in 1921, over a decade after his 1905 paper on relativity, for the photoelectric effect, and no mention of special relativity, since it had actually been discovered by Poincaré and Lorentz, and the Academy disapproved of Einstein claiming credit for it.

Upvoter33 6y ago

dup https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24706670 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24706670

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DevX101 6y ago

A brief history of CRISPR and its key contributors: https://www.broadinstitute.org/what-broad/areas-focus/project-spotlight/crispr-timeline https://www.broadinstitute.org/what-broad/areas-focus/projec...

fmajid 6y ago
You forget to mention the Broad Institute is not a disinterested party, they stand to make a lot of money from patents, and thus have a strong incentive to inflate their own claims and minimize those of others.

mrwnmonm 6y ago

So can I make my eyes blue now?

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fmajid 6y ago

Great and overdue. I was just telling my mother yesterday that it was a travesty the inventors of CRISPR hadn't been honored yet with the Medicine Nobel.