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 ...

Biochemist Jennifer Doudna received the inaugural Kimberly Prize in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center on Tuesday. The prize will be awarded annually to ...

The world-famous biochemist is ready to tackle everything from immune disorders and mental illness to climate change—all by altering microbes in the digestive tract. As someone who has written about ...

Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna, who co-invented CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology, joined President Christina Paxson P’19 for a virtual conversation on CRISPR’s wide-ranging applications and ...

BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) -- UC Berkeley Professor Jennifer Doudna won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Wednesday morning along with French Microbiologist Emmanuelle Charpentier for their work on genome ...

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The technology known as CRISPR is considered one of modern biology’s biggest breakthroughs. It allows scientists to edit genes, similarly to how you cut and paste text in a word processor. More than a ...

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CHIEF INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: Bye. And next, to a discovery that is changing the world. More than a decade ago, pioneering biochemist, Jennifer Doudna co-invented CRISPR, the gene ...

Deep in the bellies of cows are tiny microbes that ferment grass and hay, breaking it down into fatty acids that serve as bovine energy—and into planet-warming methane gas. The gas eventually makes ...

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