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Press Kit for the 2017 (33rd) Japan Prize
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Japan Prize 2017 (33rd) Laureates
2017 Japan Prize Honors Trailblazers in Life Science and Cryptography
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna deciphered CRISPR-Cas9, creating a revolutionary tool for editing DNA;
Adi Shamir has made significant contributions to the fields of cryptography and computer science
| "Electronics, Information and Communication" field |
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| Achievement: Contribution to information security through pioneering research on cryptography |
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| "Life Science" field |
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| Achievement: Elucidation of the genome editing mechanism by the CRISPR-Cas |
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