Together they have discovered one of gene technology’s sharpest tools, the so called CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors. The scissors make it possible to change the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with extremely high precision. This means a technology that has had a revolutionary impact on the life sciences, is contributing to new cancer therapies and may make the dream of curing inherited diseases come true.
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Emmanuelle Charpentier has been an international Fellow of IVA since 2017. The breakthrough of the ground-breaking technology of genetic scissors, took place when she was a professor in Umeå in Sweden. In 2018 she visited IVA to talk about the potential of the technology. Read en interview with Emmanuelle Charpentier here.
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