Scientists win Nobel chemistry prize for 'genetic scissors'

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A Doudna share prize for genome editing method

Two scientists have been awarded the 2020 Nobel prize in chemistry for developing the genetic scissors used in gene editing - the first time two women have shared the prize.

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A Doudna will share the 10m Swedish kronor (870,000) prize announced on Wednesday by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.