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Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

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An edition of The Code Breaker (2021)

Code Breaker

Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

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A scientific biography of Jennifer Doudna, a founder and co-developer of the CRISPR gene-editing mechanism, and an examination of what happened after CRISPR hit the marketplace.

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nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2021-03-28, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Immunogenetics, Women scientists, biography, Biochemists, Genetic engineering, the scientific process, biotechnology, CRISPR, nyt:paperback-nonfiction=2022-05-22, CRISPR (Genetics), Gene editing, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Science & technology, Women, General, English & college success -> english -> biography & autobiography, Biological sciences & nutrition -> biology -> life sciences general
People
Emannanuelle Charpentier, George Church, Jennifer Doudna, He Jiankui, Eric Lander, James Watson, Feng Zhang
Places
Berkeley, Cambridge MA, Cold Springs Harbor
Times
1980-2020

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First Sentence

"Had she grown up in any other part of America, Jennifer Doudna might have felt like a regular kid."

Table of Contents

Contents Page vii
Dedication Page xi
Introduction. Into the Breach Page xiii
One. The Origins of Life
1. Hilo Page 3
2. The Gene Page 11
3. DNA Page 17
4. The Education of a Biochemist Page 29
5. The Human Genome Page 37
6. RNA Page 43
7. Twists and Folds Page 51
8. Berkeley Page 63
Two. CRISPR
9. Clustered Repeats Page 71
10. The Free Speech Movement Café Page 79
11. Jumping In Page 81
12. The Yogurt Makers Page 89
13. Genetech Page 97
14. The Lab Page 103
15. Caribou Page 113
16. Emmanuelle Carpentier Page 119
17. CRISPR-Cas9 Page 129
18. Science, 2012 Page 137
19. Dueling Presentations Page 143
Three. Gene Editing
20. A Human Tool Page 153
21. The Race Page 157
22. Feng Zhang Page 161
23. George Church Page 169
24. Zhang Tackles CRISPR Page 175
25. Doudna Joins the Race Page 187
26. Photo Finish Page 191
27. Doudna’s Final Spring Page 197
28. Forming Companies Page 203
29. Mon Amie Page 215
30. The Heroes of CRISPR Page 223
31. Patents Page 231
Four. CRISPR in Action
32. Therapies Page 245
33. Biohacking Page 253
34. DARPA and Anti-CRISPR Page 259
Five. Public Scientist
35. Rules of the Road Page 267
36. Doudna Steps In Page 283
Six. CRISPR Babies
37. He Jiankui Page 299
38. The Hong Kong Summit Page 315
39. Acceptance Page 325
Seven. The Moral Questions
40. Red Lines Page 335
41. Thought Experiments Page 341
42. Who Should Decide? Page 355
43. Doudna’s Ethical Journey Page 367
Eight. Dispatches from the Front
44. Quebec Page 353
45. I Learn to Edit Page 379
46. Watson Revisited Page 385
47. Doudna Pays a Visit Page 395
Nine. Cronavirus
48. Call to Arms Page 401
49. Testing Page 407
50. The Berkeley Lab Page 413
51. Mammoth and Sherlock Page 421
52. Cronavirus Tests Page 427
53. Vaccines Page 435
54. CRISPR Cures Page 449
55. Cold Spring Harbor Virtual Page 459
56. The Nobel Prize Page 469
Epilogue Page 477
Acknowledgements Page 483
Notes Page 487
Index Page 517
Image Credits Page 535

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Copyright Date
2021

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hardcover
Pagination
xix, 537p
Number of pages
537
Weight
946 grams

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