Gene Editing Pioneers Selected to Receive America’s Most Distinguished Prize in Medicine
For their roles in the creation of a remarkable gene editing system that has been called the “discovery of the century,” five researchers have been announced as the recipients of the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research for 2017. All five awardees have made important contributions to the development of CRISPR-Cas9, a gene engineering technology that harnesses a naturally occurring bacterial immune system process. The technology has revolutionized biomedical research and provided new hope for the treatment of genetic diseases and more. The awardees are…
