A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution

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Amazon Business : For business-only pricing, quantity discounts and FREE Shipping. Register a free business account Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Mariner Books; Reprint edition (August 21, 2018) Language: English ISBN-10: 1328915360 ISBN-13: 978-1328915368 Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.8 x 8 inches Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

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Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize â€œThe future is in our hands as never before, and this book explains the stakes like no other.â€ â€” George Lucas â€œRequired reading for every concerned citizen.â€ â€” New York Review of Books Not since the atomic bomb has a technology so alarmed its inventors that they warned the world about its use. That is, until 2015, when biologist Jennifer Doudna called for a worldwide moratorium on the use of the gene-editing tool CRISPRâ€”a revolutionary new technology that she helped createâ€”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. Yet even the tiniest changes to DNA could have myriad, unforeseeable consequencesâ€”to say nothing of the ethical and societal repercussions of intentionally mutating embryos to create â€œbetterâ€ humans. Writing with fellow researcher Sam Sternberg, Doudna shares the thrilling story of her discovery and describes the enormous responsibility that comes with the power to rewrite the code of life. â€œAn invaluable account . . . We owe Doudna several times over.â€ â€” Guardian

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