Jennifer Doudna
珍妮弗·杜德纳
Co-inventor of CRISPR Gene Editing
“The power to control our species' genetic future is awesome and terrifying.”
“控制我们物种基因未来的力量既令人敬畏又令人恐惧。”
— A Crack in Creation, 2017
Biography
Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing CRISPR-Cas9, a revolutionary tool for editing DNA with unprecedented precision. Their discovery has transformed biology, enabling potential cures for genetic diseases, creation of disease-resistant crops, and new approaches to treating cancer. It is one of the most consequential scientific discoveries of the 21st century.
珍妮弗·杜德纳和埃曼纽尔·夏彭蒂耶因开发CRISPR-Cas9——一种以前所未有的精度编辑DNA的革命性工具——而分享了2020年诺贝尔化学奖。她们的发现改变了生物学，使遗传疾病的潜在治愈、抗病作物的创造和治疗癌症的新方法成为可能。这是21世纪最具深远影响的科学发现之一。
Key Achievements
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2020) for CRISPR-Cas9
因CRISPR-Cas9获诺贝尔化学奖（2020年）
Revolutionized genome editing
革新了基因组编辑
Founded the Innovative Genomics Institute
创立创新基因组学研究所
References & Citations
- Wikipedia: Jennifer Doudna — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Doudna
- Nobel Prize: Jennifer A. Doudna — https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2020/doudna/
- Doudna, J. & Sternberg, S. A Crack in Creation. Houghton Mifflin, 2017.
