A crack in creation : gene editing and the unthinkable power to control evolution / Jennifer A. Doudna, Samuel H. Sternberg.
By: Doudna, Jennifer A [author.].
Contributor(s): Sternberg, Samuel H [author.].
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ©2018Description: xx, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781328915368.Subject(s): Genetics -- Research -- History | Genetic engineering -- History | Genetic code | Genetic code | Genetic engineering | Genetics -- Research | MEDICAL / Genetics | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics | TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Biomedical | Gene Editing -- history | CRISPR-Cas Systems | Genetic Code | Genetic Research -- history | United States | United StatesGenre/Form: History. | Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | QH440 .D68 2018 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000015364 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-269) and index.
Prologue : the wave -- Part I. The tool. The quest for a cure -- A new defense -- Cracking the code -- Command and control -- Part II. The task. The CRISPR menagerie -- To heal the sick -- The reckoning -- What lies ahead -- Epilogue : the beginning.
Two Berkeley scientists explore the potential of a revolutionary genetics technology capable of easily and affordably manipulating DNA in human embryos to prevent specific diseases, addressing key concerns about related ethical and societal repercussions.