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Author Doudna, Jennifer A., author.

Title A crack in creation : gene editing and the unthinkable power to control evolution / Jennifer A. Doudna, Samuel H. Sternberg.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1805237~S1
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 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction  576.5072 DOU    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  576.5072 DOU    AVAILABLE
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Description xx, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-269) and index.
Summary Not since the atomic bomb has a technology so alarmed its inventors that they warned the world about its use. Not, that is, until the spring of 2015, when biologist Jennifer Doudna called for a worldwide moratorium on the use of the new 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, and will help address the world’s hunger crisis. 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.
Subject Genetics -- Research.
Genetic code.
Added Author Sternberg, Samuel H., author.
ISBN 9780544716940 (hardcover)
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