A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution

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A trailblazing biologist grapples with her role in the biggest scientific discovery of our era: a cheap, easy way of rewriting genetic code, with nearly limitless promise and peril.

Not since the atomic bomb has a technology so alarmed its inventors that they warned the world about its use. Not, that may be, until the spring of 2015, when biologist Jennifer Doudna referred to as for a around the world moratorium on the usage 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 a few cancers, and will lend a hand 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.
 
Writing with fellow researcher Samuel Sternberg, Doudna shares the thrilling story of her discovery, and passionately argues that enormous responsibility comes being able to rewrite the code of life. With CRISPR, she shows, we’ve effectively taken keep watch over of evolution. What is going to we do with this unfathomable power?
 

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