The Nobel Prize in Chemistry to three scientists for work in the field of click chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded today to scientists Caroline Bertozzi, Barry Sharpless and Morten Meldahl "for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry", the Royal Swedish Academy announced.
Sharpless (81), an American scientist from the Scripps Institute, has been awarded the prestigious prize for the second time. The American scientist is the fifth person to win the Nobel Prize twice.
Sharpless and Meldahl, a Danish scientist from the University of Copenhagen, were awarded for "introducing chemistry into the era of functionalism and laying the foundations of click chemistry," the statement said.
The American scientist Bertozzi from Stanford University is said to have introduced a new dimension to click chemistry and started using it to map cells.
"Its bioorthogonal reactions now contribute to cancer treatments, among many other applications," notes the Royal Swedish Academy.
