In 2018, the Nobel Prize for chemistry was announced, and another female scientist won the prize!

At 17:45 p.m on October 3, Beijing time, the 2018 Nobel Prize in chemistry was announced This year's winners are Frances h Arnold of the United States, George P Smith and Sir Gregory P winter of the United Kingdom (source: HuffPost) Frances h Arnold first carried out the directed evolution of enzyme in 1993 After that, she streamlined the way she used the routine to develop new catalysts The enzyme that Professor Arnold simplified can be used to produce chemicals in a more environmentally friendly way, such as drugs, and also can be used to produce more environmentally friendly renewable fuels for the transportation sector George P Smith developed a method called "phage display" As a virus infecting bacteria, phages can evolve new proteins through this method Sir Gregory P winter uses "phage display technology" to produce new drugs Today, phage display technology has produced antibodies that neutralize toxins, fight autoimmune diseases and cure metastatic cancer Frances h Arnold shared half of the prize for studying the directed evolution of enzymes George P Smith and Sir Gregory P winter shared the other half of the prize for their research on phage display technology of peptide and antibody