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Publisher
Icon Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Just 45 years ago, the age of gene modification was born. But GM is rapidly being supplanted by a new system called CRISPR or 'gene editing'. Scientists can now manipulate the genes of almost any organism with a degree of precision, ease and speed unthinkable only ten years ago. We can edit wheat genes to exclude the proteins that cause gluten intolerance. We can breed mosquitoes with a 'suicide gene' that kills their offspring before they can pass...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When Jennifer Doudna was a sixth grader in Hilo, Hawaii, she came home from school one afternoon and found a book on her bed. It was The Double Helix, James Watson's account of how he and Francis Crick had discovered the structure of DNA, the spiral-staircase molecule that carries the genetic instruction code for all forms of life. This book guided Jennifer Doudna to focus her studies not on DNA, but on what seemed to take a backseat in biochemistry:...
Author
Language
English
Description
"The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a gripping account of how the pioneering scientist Jennifer Doudna, along with her colleagues and rivals, launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and enhance our children"--
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
If our genes are, to a great extent, our destiny, then what would happen if mankind could engineer and alter the very essence of our DNA coding? Millions might be spared the devastating effects of hereditary disease or the challenges of disability, whether it was the pain of sickle-cell anemia to the ravages of Huntington's disease. But this power to "play God" also raises major ethical questions and poses threats for potential misuse. For decades,...
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