A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (895 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B072QWS8SJ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 442 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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What will we do with this unfathomable power?. With CRISPR, she shows, we have effectively taken control of evolution. A trailblazing biologist grapples with her role in the biggest scientific discovery of our era: a cheap, easy way of rewriting genetic code, with nearly limitless promise and peril. Not since the atomic bomb has a technology so alarmed its inventors that they warned the world about its use. The cheapest, simplest, most effective way of manipulating DNA ever known, CRISPR may well give us the cure to HIV, genetic diseases, and some cancers and will help address the world's hunger crisis. Not, that is, until the spring of 2015, when biologist Jennifer Doudna called for a worldwide moratorium on the use of the new gene-editing tool CRISPR - a revolutionary new techn
"Must read!" according to Louis C Smith. The genome of human embryos can be changed irreversibly and cheaply by almost anyone that wants to do so. What do you want future humans to be?. Book on genetics. jimmie Great book on genetics.. Five Stars Arnie Still reading it. But what I have read is mind blowing.