Displaying 1 of 1 2021 Title: The code breaker : Jennifer Doudna, gene editing, and the future of the human race Author: Isaacson, Walter, author. Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover/trade paperback edition. Format: Book Publisher, Date: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021. ©2021 Description: xix, 536 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm Summary: "... [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. Subjects: Doudna, Jennifer A. CRISPR (Genetics) Gene editing. Women biochemists -- United States -- Biography. Biochemists -- United States -- Biography. Women scientists -- United States -- Biography. Nobel Prize winners -- Biography. Gene editing -- Moral and ethical aspects. Geneticists. Academic-industrial collaboration. Biotechnology. Grayslake (Ill.) -- Book Discussion Collection. Genre: Biographies. Other Title: Codebreaker : Jennifer Doudna, gene editing, and the future of the human race 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. ISBN 9781982115852 Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Find It Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
