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American chemist Carolyn R. Bertozzi reacts by phone to receiving the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which she is sharing with Denmark's Morten Meldal and fellow American Barry Sharpless. The trio are being honoured "for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry". SOUNDBITE
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The Nobel Chemistry Prize is awarded to a trio of chemists for laying the foundation for a more functional form of chemistry. Americans Carolyn Bertozzi and Barry Sharpless, together with Denmark's Morten Meldal are honoured for "for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry". The award marks the second Nobel for 81-year-old Sharpless, who won the chemistry Nobel in 2001. SOUNDBITE
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