China News Service, October 7th. According to the official website of the Nobel Prize, at noon on the 7th local time, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna in recognition of their contributions to gene editing technology. .
The founder of the Nobel Prize, Alfred Nobel, a Swedish chemist, invented nitroglycerin oil.
According to his will, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry is intended to be awarded to people who have made important discoveries and achieved great results in chemistry.
From 1901 to 2019, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded 111 times.
Due to the influence of World War II and the principle of "Never abuse the shortage", the Chemistry Prize has not been awarded for 8 years.
As of 2019, a total of 183 people have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
British biochemist Frederick Sanger has won this honor twice.