Hacking the Code of Life by Nessa Carey

Hacking the Code of Life by Nessa Carey

The cutting-edge science that will revolutionise the way we prevent disease

Carey's trawl of potential applications - such as high-yield rice varieties, therapies for sickle-cell disease and germline gene editing - is edifyingA focused snapshot of a brave new world. * Nature *
[A]n excellent, brisk guide to what is likely to happen as opposed to the fantastically remote. * Los Angeles Review of Books *
A brisk, accessible primer on the fast-moving field, a clear-eyed look at a technology that is already driving major scientific advances - and raising complex ethical questions. -- Emily Anthes * Undark *

Nessa Carey worked in the biotech and pharma industry for thirteen years and is a Visiting Professor at Imperial College London. Her previous books for Icon are The Epigenetics Revolution (2011), described by The Guardian as 'a book that would have had Darwin swooning', and Junk DNA (2015), 'a cutting-edge guide to the ever-more mysterious genome' (New Scientist).

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ISBN 13	9781785786259
ISBN 10	1785786253
Title	Hacking the Code of Life
Author	Nessa Carey
Series	Hot Science
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Icon Books
Year published	2020-07-02
Number of pages	192
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