Doudna Jennifer A., Sternberg Samuel H. A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution 9780544716940

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Автор: Doudna Jennifer A., Sternberg Samuel H.
Название: A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
Перевод названия: Дженнифер Дудна: Трещина в мироздании. Редактирование генов и непридуманная власть контроля над эвол
ISBN: 9780544716940
Издательство: Hachette Book Group
Классификация: ISBN-10: 0544716949
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 304
Вес: 0.48 кг.
Дата издания: 13.06.2017
Язык: English
Поставляется из: США
Описание: 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. 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 technology that she helped create--to make heritable changes in human embryos. 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 worlds hunger crisis. Yet even the tiniest changes to DNA could have myriad, unforeseeable consequences--to say nothing of the ethical and societal repercussions of intentionally mutating embryos to create better humans.

Writing with fellow researcher Samuel Sternberg, Doudna shares the thrilling story of her discovery, and passionately argues that enormous responsibility comes with the ability to rewrite the code of life. With CRISPR, she shows, we have effectively taken control of evolution. What will we do with this unfathomable power?

A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution, Doudna Jennifer A., Sternberg Samuel H.