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The goal is 'doing chemistry inside human patients to make sure that drugs go to the right place and stay away from the wrong place,' says one of the Americans who shared the prize.

Their work is used to make cancer drugs, map DNA and create materials tailored for specific needs

Carolyn Bertozzi, a Harvard University graduate, said one of the first people she called with the news was her father, a retired MIT physics professor.

STOCKHOLM--Three scientists were jointly awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for developing a way of “snapping molecules together” that can be used to explore cells, map DNA and design drugs that can target diseases such as cancer more precisely.

David Keyton, Frank Jordans & Christina Larson STOCKHOLM (AP) – Three scientists were jointly awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for developing a way of “snapping molecules together” that can be used to explore cells, map DNA and design drugs that can target diseases such as cancer more precisely. Americans Carolyn R […]

Carolyn R. Bertozzi and K. Barry Sharpless, and Morten Meldal were cited for their work on click chemistry that works "sort of like molecular Lego."

Spotlight on synthetic tissues and mRNA for chemistry Nobel

The development of mRNA vaccines, "bioorthogonal chemistry" or even artificial skin are some of the discoveries tipped for the Nobel Chemistry Prize announced Wednesday, which experts see as a toss-up.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists were jointly awarded this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for developing a way of “snapping molecules together” that can be used to design better medicines.

This year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded in equal parts to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless for developing way of “snapping molecules together” that can be used to design medicines.