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Jennifer Doudna’s work uncovering the gene-editing capabilities of CRISPR has helped cure genetic diseases and unlock a new evolutionary era. Doudna’s path to her award-winning work has always been ...

From the earliest civilizations to the modern age, humans have endlessly strived to better understand ourselves and the world around us. For some of the world’s greatest scientific minds—like Galileo, ...