Good Chemistry takes viewers behind the scenes and past the headlines of the CRISPR gene-editing breakthrough. Centred on the work of the French microbiologist Emmanuelle Charpentier and the US biochemist Jennifer Doudna, who collectively grew to become the primary all-female staff to obtain the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 2020, this quick documentary particulars how their landmark 2012 paper on the CRISPR system was the results of years of experimentation, passionate work and collaboration. The movie is each an completed piece of storytelling and of science communication, illuminating the biochemistry behind CRISPR and the expertise of being a part of a very world-changing discovery.
