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Jennifer Doudna, a biochemist at the University of California, Berkeley, who is an author of the studies, shared the Nobel Prize in 2020 for harnessing the power of CRISPR.
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Jennifer Doudna, a biochemist at UC Berkeley and an author of the studies, shared the 2020 Nobel Prize for her work on CRISPR.
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{
    "year": "2020",
    "award": "Nobel Prize",
    "person": "Jennifer Doudna",
    "organization": "University of California, Berkeley"
}
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The Next Gene-Editing Technology May Also Be the Oldest
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https://nytimes.com/2026/09/17/science/crispr-gene-editing-vipr.html

Scientists have discovered VIPR, a powerful gene-targeting system in viruses that appears to predate CRISPR and may be even more effective. This ancient system, over four billion years old, could offer advantages over CRISPR due to its smaller size and wider targeting capabilities.

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