News Alert: Two Americans among three scientists awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry for work on directed evolution

The winners of the 2018 chemistry Nobel were recognized for "harnessing the power of evolution" to create useful new molecules in the laboratory. Frances H. Arnold of Caltech won for the directed evolution of enzymes, and George P. Smith at University of Missouri and Gregory P. Winter of University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom won for a method called "phage display" that steers evolution to create new peptides and antibodies.

Democracy Dies in Darkness     News Alert Oct 3, 5:57 AM     Two Americans among three scientists awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry for work on directed evolution The winners of the 2018 chemistry Nobel were recognized for "harnessing the power of evolution" to create useful new molecules in the laboratory. Frances H. Arnold of Caltech won for the directed evolution of enzymes, and George P. Smith at University of Missouri and Gregory P. Winter of University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom won for a method called "phage display" that steers evolution to create new peptides and antibodies. Read more » Advertisement You received this email because you signed up for news alerts from The Washington Post. Manage my newsletters and alerts | Unsubscribe Privacy Policy | Help ©2018 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071