Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Frances H Arnold (USA), George P Smith (USA), and Sir Gregory Winter (GBR) have won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for using the principles of evolution to produce new enzymes and antibodies

CHEMISTRY PRIZE IN NUMBERS

109 Nobel Prizes in Chemistry awarded from 1901 to 2017

5 Women, including Arnold,  awarded Chemistry Prize

1 double winner, Frederick Sanger, awarded prize in 1958 and 1980

35 Age of youngest laureate, Frédéric Joliot, awarded prize in 1935

85 Age of oldest laureate, John B. Fenn, awarded prize in 2002



Source: Nobelprize.org
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