Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to trio of scientists for the development of click chemistry
was jointly awarded Wednesday to scientists Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.
Dr. Sharpless of Scripps Research, La Jolla, Calif., first coined the concept of click chemistry in around 2000. Soon afterward, he and Dr. Meldal of the University of Copenhagen in Denmark independently demonstrated the first chemical reactions proving the click chemistry concept.Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi at an award ceremony in 2020.What advancements in the chemistry field are you following? Join the conversation below.
These so-called bioorthogonal reactions have helped researchers to improve the targeting of cancer drugs, among other applications. The award is the second Nobel for Dr. Sharpless. He previously shared the chemistry prize in 2001 for his work on chirally catalyzed oxidation reactions. Dr. Sharpless is just the fifth individual to be awarded two Nobel prizes, the committee said in a tweet.
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