An edition of The Code Breaker
(2021)
The Code Breaker
Jeniffer Doudna, Gene Editing and the Future of the Human Race
by Walter Isaacson and Kathe Mazur
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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 generalPeople
Emannanuelle Charpentier, George Church, Jennifer Doudna, He Jiankui, Eric Lander, James Watson, Feng ZhangPlaces
Berkeley, Cambridge MA, Cold Springs HarborTimes
1980-2020
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION. Into the Breach
Part One: The Origins of Life
CHAPTER 1. Hilo
CHAPTER 2. The Gene
CHAPTER 3. DNA
CHAPTER 4. The Education of a Biochemist
CHAPTER 5. The Human Genome
CHAPTER 6. RNA
CHAPTER 7. Twists and Folds
CHAPTER 8. Berkeley
Part Two: CRISPR
CHAPTER 9. Clustered Repeats
CHAPTER 10. The Free Speech Movement Café
CHAPTER 11. Jumping In
CHAPTER 12. The Yogurt Makers
CHAPTER 13. Genentech
CHAPTER 14. The Lab
CHAPTER 15. Caribou
CHAPTER 16. Emmanuelle Charpentier
CHAPTER 17. CRISPR-Cas9
CHAPTER 18. Science, 2012
CHAPTER 19. Dueling Presentations
Part Three: Gene Editing
CHAPTER 20. A Human Tool
CHAPTER 21. The Race
CHAPTER 22. Feng Zhang
CHAPTER 23. George Church
CHAPTER 24. Zhang Tackles CRISPR
CHAPTER 25. Doudna Joins the Race
CHAPTER 26. Photo Finish
CHAPTER 27. Doudna's Final Sprint
CHAPTER 28. Forming Companies
CHAPTER 29. Mon Amie
CHAPTER 30. The Heroes of CRISPR
CHAPTER 31. Patents
Part Four: CRISPR in Action
CHAPTER 32. Therapies
CHAPTER 33. Biohacking
CHAPTER 34. DARPA and Anti-CRISPR
Part Five: Public Scientist
CHAPTER 35. Rules of the Road
CHAPTER 36. Doudna Steps In
Part Six: CRISPR Babies
CHAPTER 37. He Jiankui
CHAPTER 38. The Hong Kong Summit
CHAPTER 39. Acceptance
Part Seven: The Moral Questions
CHAPTER 40. Red Lines
CHAPTER 41. Thought Experiments
CHAPTER 42. Who Should Decide?
CHAPTER 43. Doudna's Ethical Journey
Part Eight: Dispatches from the Front
CHAPTER 44. Quebec
CHAPTER 45. I Learn to Edit
CHAPTER 46. Watson Revisited
CHAPTER 47. Doudna Pays a Visit
Part Nine: Coronavirus
CHAPTER 48. Call to Arms
CHAPTER 49. Testing
CHAPTER 50. The Berkeley Lab
CHAPTER 51. Mammoth and Sherlock
CHAPTER 52. Coronavirus Tests
CHAPTER 53. Vaccines
CHAPTER 54. CRISPR Cures
CHAPTER 55. Cold Spring Harbor Virtual
CHAPTER 56. The Nobel Prize
EPILOGUE.
Acknowledgments (sic).
Notes.
Index.
Image Credits.
The Physical Object
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