FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ORDERS OVER $30 .
Previous
Previous Product Image

Putt Like the Pros: Dave Pelz’s Scientific Way to Improving Your Stroke, Reading Greens, and Lowering Your Score

Original price was: $6.95.Current price is: $5.56.
Next

Dinner with Persephone: Travels in Greece

Original price was: $6.95.Current price is: $5.56.
Next Product Image

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

Original price was: $6.95.Current price is: $5.56.

Condition:
SKU: KBZILpsYkHO8 Category:
Trust Badge Image

Description

BY THE WINNER OF THE 2020 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize


“The future is in our hands as never before, and this book explains the stakes like no other.” — George Lucas

“Required reading for every concerned citizen.” — 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 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. 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 Sam Sternberg, Doudna–who has since won the Nobel Prize for her CRISPR research–shares the thrilling story of her discovery and describes the enormous responsibility that comes with the power to rewrite the code of life.

“An invaluable account . . . We owe Doudna several times over.” — Guardian

Reviews

There are no reviews yet.

Be the first to review “A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution”

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

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

Original price was: $6.95.Current price is: $5.56.

Condition:
SKU: 4L1f8FXiYJsh Category:
Trust Badge Image

Description

BY THE WINNER OF THE 2020 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize


“The future is in our hands as never before, and this book explains the stakes like no other.” — George Lucas

“Required reading for every concerned citizen.” — 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 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. 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 Sam Sternberg, Doudna–who has since won the Nobel Prize for her CRISPR research–shares the thrilling story of her discovery and describes the enormous responsibility that comes with the power to rewrite the code of life.

“An invaluable account . . . We owe Doudna several times over.” — Guardian

Reviews

There are no reviews yet.

Be the first to review “A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution”

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Shopping cart

0
image/svg+xml

No products in the cart.

Continue Shopping