A Crack in Creation by Jennifer A Doudna

A Crack in Creation by Jennifer A Doudna

BY THE WINNER OF THE 2020 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY  |  Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize

  

"A powerful mix of science and ethics . . . This book is required reading for every concerned citizen--the material it covers should be discussed in schools, colleges, and universities throughout the country."-- New York Review of Books 

 

Not since the atomic bomb has a technology so alarmed its inventors that they warned the world about its use. That is, until 2015, when biologist Jennifer Doudna called for a worldwide moratorium on the use of the gene-editing tool CRISPR--a revolutionary new technology that she helped create--to make heritable changes in human embryos. The cheapest, simplest, most effective way of manipulating DNA ever known, CRISPR may well give us the cure to HIV, genetic diseases, and some cancers. Yet even the tiniest changes to DNA could have myriad, unforeseeable consequences, to say nothing of the ethical and societal repercussions of intentionally mutating embryos to create "better" humans. Writing with fellow researcher Sam Sternberg, Doudna--who has since won the Nobel Prize for her CRISPR research--shares the thrilling story of her discovery and describes the enormous responsibility that comes with the power to rewrite the code of life.



"The future is in our hands as never before, and this book explains the stakes like no other." -- George Lucas



"An invaluable account . . . We owe Doudna several times over." -- Guardian

Jennifer A. Doudna ist Professorin am Chemistry Department und am Molecular and Cell Biology Department der University of California in Berkeley und forscht au�erdem am Howard Hughes Medical Institute sowie an der Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division des Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Sie ist eine international anerkannte Expertin auf dem Gebiet der RNA-Protein-Biochemie, der CRISPR-Biologie und des Genomediting.
Samuel H. Sternberg ist promovierter Biochemiker und Autor zahlreicher wissenschaftlicher Publikationen zur CRISPR-Technologie. Er leitet eine Forschungsgruppe bei Caribou Biosciences, Inc.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781328915368
ISBN 10	1328915360
Title	A Crack in Creation
Author	Jennifer A Doudna
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin
Year published	2018-08-21
Number of pages	304
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.