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Re:The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 by _Wintermute on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @06:32AM (#24706886)
Because they really showed their ugly side when it came to commercialization and the patent court case.
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Re:The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 by natechols on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @10:08AM (#24708358)
It wasn't just that, it was the entire hype machine. Lots of schadenfreude going around today. I probably would have preferred they split the CRISPR award across chemistry and medicine prizes, but life isn't fair.
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Re:The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 by sarthakjshetty on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @06:54AM (#24706995)
Sorry, I'm out of the loop on this. Can you explain it a bit more? I was aware of the lawsuit between Berkeley and MIT over the patent, but not of the specifics.
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Re:The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 by PL1 on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @07:12AM (#24707082)
For instance, see http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=1825
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Re:The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 by dannykwells on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @10:58AM (#24708929)
Not that Michael is biased at all, either...

Anyway, I'm happy Jennifer and Emmanuelle won over others and thinks this was the right call. The discovery of the idea was the most important part here, bs showing it in human cells (which wasn't that hard afterwards).

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Re:The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 by fizixer on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @10:48AM (#24708827)
Two wrongs making a right. I see.
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