Jennifer Doudna (USA) and Emmanuelle Charpentier (France) are the very first all-female joint science Nobel laureates in history! They won for their research which resulted in the creation of the revolutionary ‘CRISPR-Cas 9 gene editing technology. In announcing the prize, the Nobel Committee stated that this new technology “ ... may make the dream of curing inherited diseases come true.”

https://www.npr.org/2020/10/07/921043046/2-female-scientists-awarded-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-for-genome-editing-research

Although it’s been at times controversial (a Chinese scientist was caught trying to use it to genetically modify human embryos), the technology is considered one of greatest scientific developments of our time, as it revolutionizes our ability to understand how diseases work, and consequently, how to cure them. Doudna, by the way, said she was “horrified and stunned” by the use of CRISPR on human embryos, and called for strict regulation of it to ensure that it’s used in an ethical way.