[jjtheblunt]

> That is one of the most incredible things I have ever read.

This is even more great reading behind the above:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Doudna

[ascorbic]

A rare case where the list of awards she's received is so long it needs a separate Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_honors_rece...

[bengale]

Walter Isaacson's book "The Code Breaker" is about this subject. I couldn't put it down.

[beoberha]

All his books are like that. The Innovators is my personal favorite.

[amelius]

A darker passage in the history of gene editing, but still an interesting story and something not to forget:

https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-death-of...

[jjtheblunt]

Also

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuelle_Charpentier

[lysace]

They shared the Nobel prize for CRISPR. Yet you chose to lead with the American one. :/

[jjtheblunt]

That's because the link I shared immediately cites Doudna and Charpentier as a team.

After edits were disabled, I thought perhaps there's a page for Charpentier too, which there was, but later than i could edit.

They're both amazing scientists.

[jcims]

She's got a couple of great appearances on RadioLab.