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 CRISPRa revolutionary new technology that she helped createto 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, Doudnawho has since won the Nobel Prize for her CRISPR researchshares the thrilling story of her discovery and describes the enormous responsibility that comes with the power to rewrite the code of life.
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🗸 Author(s): Jennifer A. Doudna,Samuel H. Sternberg
🗸 Title: A Crack In Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
🗸 Rating : 4.6 from 5 stars (1390 reviews)
🗸 Languange: English
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