Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson win the 2017 Nobel prize in chemistry – as it happened
This year's prize has been awarded for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution
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There we have it, Crispr and lithium-ion batteries lose out to cryo-electron microscopy, a technique that has allowed scientists to study molecules in unprecedented resolution - an advance that could help with drug discovery and fundamental understanding of biological processes.
Congratulations to the three winners Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson.
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Today's win underscores an important point, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan tells me.
"It shows the value of patiently supporting basic science for decades," he says. But, he adds, what started in basic science has led to incredible revelations. "By the time it has got to this stage, it's already being used by drug companies to do structures of important drug targets, and it is used to understand fundamental biology that can change medicine in the future- so it just goes to show you how all these things are linked."