It sounds like science fiction — and until 2012, the ability to cheaply and easily edit strings of DNA was exactly that. But as it turns out, CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing is a completely natural function ...

This week Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier were awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a process to edit DNA known as CRISPR Cas-9. But the announcement, which comes amid a ...

It‘s one of the last hot days of summer 2015. Emmanuelle Charpentier sits in her office in Braunschweig, deep in concentration. She taps her foot. The dainty French woman is on the move again: after ...

Megan Charpentier has been acting for most of her life—all 11 years of it. She has twice played younger versions of Amanda Seyfried, in “Jennifer’s Body” and “Red Riding Hood,” and appeared in the TV ...

LEOMINSTER — For almost a century, local legend Louis Charpentier called Leominster his home. His love for the city, which was half its current size when he first moved there, was matched only by its ...

If Gov. Hochul is in the gift-giving mood this holiday season, she might consider packaging a pardon for a lifelong New Yorker who has paid for his crime a dozen times over. Last year, an immigration ...

If Dane Charpentier said that he never thought about one day being the head football coach at Teurlings Catholic, he'd be lying. It’s not something he ever spent much time pondering, though. He always ...

Jennifer Doudna, PhD, and Emmanuelle Charpentier, PhD, pioneers in the development of CRISPR technology as a “genetic scissors,” have won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. The award was announced ...

It’s CRISPR. Two scientists who pioneered the revolutionary gene-editing technology are the winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry. “The ability to cut DNA where you want has revolutionized ...

Emmanuelle Charpentier, PhD's, contributions have been heralded by the scientific community and celebrated with dozens of prestigious awards. [Kevin Davies, PhD] French microbiologist Emmanuelle ...

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna developed the Crispr tool, which can change the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with high precision. By Katherine J. Wu Carl Zimmer and Elian ...

The microbiologist spent years moving labs and relishing solitude. Then her work on gene-editing thrust her into the scientific spotlight. Emmanuelle Charpentier's office is bare, save for her ...