2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

October 3, 2018

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded one half to Frances H Arnold for her work on the directed evolution of enzymes, and with the other half jointly to George P Smith and Sir Gregory P Winter for their work on the phage display of peptides and antibodies. This graphic takes a look at the prize-winning research.

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