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Barcode37821002427058
LocationMarshall District
TitleThe code breaker : Jennifer Doudna, gene editing, and the future of the human race / Walter Isaacson.
AuthorIsaacson, Walter, author.
Call No576.5 ISA
CollectionAdult 500

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International Standard Book Number 9781982115852
International Standard Book Number 1982115858
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 576.5
Personal Name Isaacson, Walter, author.
Title Statement The code breaker : Jennifer Doudna, gene editing, and the future of the human race / Walter Isaacson.
Edition Statement First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Imprint New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021
Physical Description xix, 536 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note 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.
Summary, Etc. "The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a gripping account of how the pioneering scientist Jennifer Doudna, along with her colleagues and rivals, launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and enhance our children"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject-Personal Name Doudna, Jennifer A.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term CRISPR (Genetics)
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Gene editing.