Nobel prize in chemistry 2022 Nobel chemistry prize awarded to trio

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.

Their work, known as click chemistry and biorthogonal reactions, is used to make cancer drugs, map DNA and create materials that are tailored to a specific purpose. The secretary general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announced the winners Wednesday at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.