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The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

Walter Isaacson

552 pages

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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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Eye-OpeningDeeply ResearchedParadigm-ShiftingEthics of playing godCollaboration over competitionScience as human storyResponsibility of discovery
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