"Directed evolution" scientists awarded 2018 Nobel Prize for Chemistry

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to three scientists who tapped into evolution to produce vital chemicals for medicine and industry. Half of the prize was awarded to Frances H. Arnold, for developing a method of directing the evolution of enzymes, and the other half is shared by George P. Smith and Sir Gregory P. Winter, who manipulated phages to create new antibodies.

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• antibodies
• Bacteria
• Chemistry
• Enzyme
• Evolution
• Nobel prizes
• Protein
• Virus
• Viruses and Bacteria

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