The 2018 Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to a trio of American and British scientists
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced that the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has gone to a trio of scientists. Sir Gregory Winter, from Britain, and Americans Frances Arnold and George Smith.
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the #NobelPrize in Chemistry 2018 with one half to Frances H. Arnold and the other half jointly to George P. Smith and Sir Gregory P. Winter. pic.twitter.com/lLGivVLttB— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 3, 2018
This year’s Chemistry Laureates have taken control of evolution and used the same principles – genetic change and selection – to develop proteins that solve humankind’s chemical problems. #NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/rDKc2YwLgb
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 3, 2018
Arnold, from the California Institute of Technology, is receiving the prestigious award for her work on the directed evolution of enzymes. The Academy explained that “enzymes produced through directed evolution are used to manufacture everything from biofuels to pharmaceuticals.”
Frances Arnold, awarded the 2018 #NobelPrize, conducted the first directed evolution of enzymes, which are proteins that catalyse chemical reactions. Enzymes produced through directed evolution are used to manufacture everything from biofuels to pharmaceuticals.@francesarnold pic.twitter.com/TGRxgjEHzv
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 3, 2018
Smith and Winter garnered the award for their work on the phage display of peptides and antibodies, that can be used to counteract autoimmune diseases and cure metastatic cancer as well as produce new pharmaceuticals.
2018 #NobelPrize laureate George Smith developed a method known as phage display, where a bacteriophage – a virus that infects bacteria – can be used to evolve new proteins. pic.twitter.com/roX8uOFICe
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 3, 2018
Sir Gregory Winter, awarded the #NobelPrize in Chemistry, has used phage display to produce new pharmaceuticals. Today phage display has produced antibodies that can neutralise toxins, counteract autoimmune diseases and cure metastatic cancer. pic.twitter.com/p5fOfo0DwJ
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 3, 2018
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