Understanding how Cas9 is able to locate specific 20-base-pair target sequences within genomes that are millions to billions of base pairs long may enable improvements to gene targeting and genome editing efforts in bacteria and other types of cells.
From Jennifer Doudna
I think that for a lot of women there's a subtle but unfortunately effective discouragement of women pursuing the STEM fields.
I have always focused on basic research, motivated by a desire to understand the world.
One of the problems in the biotech world is the lack of women in leadership roles, and I'd like to see that change by walking the walk.
I was kind of a nerdy, geeky type. And I loved math. People teased me about it. I felt pretty much like an outcast.
The impression sometimes created among the public is that scientists are working away in their labs, and maybe they're not always thinking about the implications of their work. But we are.
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