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The code breaker : Jennifer Doudna, gene editing, and the future of the human race / Walter Isaacson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Isaacson, Walter, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Doudna, Jennifer A.
- CRISPR (Genetics).
- Gene editing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 536 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color
- Edition:
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon & Schuster, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction. Into the breach
- Part one. The origins of life. Hilo ; The gene ; DNA ; The education of a biochemist ; The human genome ; RNA ; Twists and folds ; Berkeley
- Part two. CRISPR. Clustered repeats ; The Free Speech Movement Café ; Jumping in ; The yogurt makers ; Genentech ; The lab ; Caribou ; Emmanuelle Charpentier ; CRISPR-Cas9 ; Science, 2012 ; Dueling presentations
- Part three. Gene editing. A human tool ; The race ; Feng Zhang ; George Church ; Zhang tackles CRISPR ; Doudna joins the race ; Photo finish ; Doudna's final sprint ; Forming companies ; Mon amie ; The heroes of CRISPR ; Patents
- Part four. CRISPR in action. Therapies ; Biohacking ; DARPA and anti-CRISPR
- Part five. Public scientist. Rules of the road ; Doudna steps in
- Part six. CRISPR babies. He Jiankui ; The Hong Kong summit ; Acceptance
- Part seven. Moral questions. Red lines ; Thought experiments ; Who should decide? ; Doudna's ethical journey
- Part eight. Dispatches from the front. Quebec ; I learn to edit ; Watson revisited ; Doudna pays a visit
- Part nine. Coronavirus. Call to arms ; Testing ; The Berkeley lab ; Mammoth and Sherlock ; Coronavirus tests ; Vaccines ; CRISPR cures ; Cold Spring Harbor virtual ; The Nobel Prize.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rudolph G. Schmieder Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781982115876
- 1982115874
- Publisher Number:
- 99987507579
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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