A crack in creation : the new power to control evolution
Jennifer A. Doudna (Author), Samuel H. Sternberg (Author)
Jennifer Doudna, the world-famous scientist behind CRISPR, 'one of the most monumental discoveries in biology' (New York TimesA Crack In Creation also asks us to consider what our new-found power means: how do we enjoy its unprecedented benefits while avoiding its equally unprecedented dangers? As Doudna argues, every member of our species is implicated in the answers to these questions. Somehow we must consider and act together. The future of humankind - and of all life on Earth - is at stake. This book is an essential guide to the path that now lies ahead
History
1 online resource (xx, 281 pages) : illustrations
9780544716964, 9781473524194, 0544716965, 1473524199
1002522541
Print version:
The quest for a cure
A new defense
Cracking the code
Command and control
The CRISPR menagerie
To heal the sick
The reckoning
What lies ahead
Epilogue : the beginning
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