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020			_a9781398502314
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100			_aIsaacson, Walter _92444
245			_aThe code breaker: Jennifer Doudna, gene editing, and the future of the human race
260			_bSimon & Schuster _aLondon _c2021
300			_axix, 536 p.
365			_aINR _b899.00
520			_aIn 2012, Nobel Prize winning scientist Jennifer Doudna hit upon an invention that will transform the future of the human race: an easy-to-use tool that can edit DNA. Known as CRISPR, it opened a brave new world of medical miracles and moral questions. It has already been deployed to cure deadly diseases, fight the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, and make inheritable changes in the genes of babies. But what does that mean for humanity? Should we be hacking our own DNA to make us less susceptible to disease? Should we democratise the technology that would allow parents to enhance their kids? After discovering this CRISPR, Doudna is now wrestling these even bigger issues. The Code Breaker is an examination of how life as we know it is about to change – and a brilliant portrayal of the woman leading the way.
650			_aWomen biochemists _95241
650			_aWomen scientists _92721
650			_aNobel Prize winners _95242
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