Charpentier, 51, and Doudna, 56, are just the sixth and seventh women to win the Nobel Prize in chemistry, according to France 24.
Benjamin List and David WC MacMillan on Wednesday won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis."
Science is a young person's game. An award to a young scientist could free up that person to do productive work, or help win more grants by enhancing reputation, argues Devangshu Datta.
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