A crack in creation : the new power to control evolution /
Doudna, Jennifer A.,
A crack in creation : the new power to control evolution / Jennifer Doudna, Samuel Sternberg. - London : The Bodley Head, 2017. - 304 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: The wave -- Part I.The tool -- 1.The quest for a cure -- 2.A new defense -- 3.Cracking the code -- 4.Command and control -- Part II.The task -- 5.The CRISPR menagerie -- 6.To heal the sick -- 7.The reckoning -- 8.What lies ahead -- Epilogue: The beginning.
It is an invention that allows us to rewrite the genetic code that shapes and controls all living beings. Unlike previous techniques, it hands us that power wholesale - and with it, the power to cure disease and alleviate suffering, to create new sources of food and energy, and the power to re-design any species, including humans, for our own ends. Jennifer Doudna is the co-inventor of this technology, known as CRISPR, and a scientist of worldwide renown. Writing with fellow researcher Samuel Sternberg, here she provides the definitive account of her discovery, explaining how this wondrous invention works and what it is capable of. More than this, this book asks us to consider what our new-found power means: how do we enjoy its unprecedented benefits while avoiding its equally unprecedented dangers?
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RNA--Structure
RNA editing.
RNA editing.
RNA--Structure
Science.
Popular science
Ethical issues & debates
Ethical issues: scientific, technological & medical developments
Impact of science & technology on society
Biology, life sciences
Genetics (non-medical)
Genetic engineering
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A crack in creation : the new power to control evolution / Jennifer Doudna, Samuel Sternberg. - London : The Bodley Head, 2017. - 304 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: The wave -- Part I.The tool -- 1.The quest for a cure -- 2.A new defense -- 3.Cracking the code -- 4.Command and control -- Part II.The task -- 5.The CRISPR menagerie -- 6.To heal the sick -- 7.The reckoning -- 8.What lies ahead -- Epilogue: The beginning.
It is an invention that allows us to rewrite the genetic code that shapes and controls all living beings. Unlike previous techniques, it hands us that power wholesale - and with it, the power to cure disease and alleviate suffering, to create new sources of food and energy, and the power to re-design any species, including humans, for our own ends. Jennifer Doudna is the co-inventor of this technology, known as CRISPR, and a scientist of worldwide renown. Writing with fellow researcher Samuel Sternberg, here she provides the definitive account of her discovery, explaining how this wondrous invention works and what it is capable of. More than this, this book asks us to consider what our new-found power means: how do we enjoy its unprecedented benefits while avoiding its equally unprecedented dangers?
9781847923813 (hbk.) : �20.00 �20.00 �20.00
GBB762643 bnb
018287988 Uk
RNA--Structure
RNA editing.
RNA editing.
RNA--Structure
Science.
Popular science
Ethical issues & debates
Ethical issues: scientific, technological & medical developments
Impact of science & technology on society
Biology, life sciences
Genetics (non-medical)
Genetic engineering
QH450.25
572.88 DOU