The Breakers Series: Books 1-3

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OTOH, I get it, he was covering a space not just a person, and needed to tread carefully, which I think he did. At least three designer human babies have been hatched, in haste and without oversight, and without a complete understanding of the downstream effects, or ethical ramifications. Personally, I hope they will be able to identify the genes that make a man unusually sticky and strangely flavorful and for the love of God turn them off). My level of interest and enjoyment was more around a 3 1/2 star, but that had nothing to do with the quality of the book.

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It has already been deployed to cure deadly diseases, fight the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, and make inheritable changes in the genes of babies. I’m glad I read it, but I think it would be an even more powerful book had it been condensed and edited. In addition, I think Isaacson spends far too much time on James Watson, who is not a factor in modern gene editing. In a nutshell, Charpentier, Doudna and Feng Zhang all (somehow) ended up (sort of) collaborating on various (openly shared) COVID-19 testing and vaccine procedures. This book elucidates and elaborates a quite esoteric field, gene editing, that's on the cusp of being transformative for the human race.In prima jumatate a secolului XX fizica a fost revolutionata de teoriile lui Einstein si de mecanica cuantica. He Jiankui was convicted and sentenced to prison for three years for violating a government ban on doing homespun experiments on human embryos. This was a buddy read with my friend Marialyce, and while we both had reservations with the way the story was told, it inspired many thoughtful discussions. He is very good at providing the background necessary to grasp the historic implications while keeping the reader engaged. Apparently, when a virus infects a bacteria, it inserts a little RNA =>DNA sequence into the host cell.

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and th… The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and th…

Most scientific innovations do not benefit the entire swathe of humanity equally and simultaneously. It is a science that requires rule-based development to ensure that society does not end up paying in the form of massive humanitarian tragedies for the overzealous modifications of some mad scientists or bad actors.It's a long story, where a plethora of scientists, doctoral students, post-doctoral candidates, engineers and so forth are presented and it's not that I think these men and women do not deserve their moments, but it tended to cloudy up the telling. Largely by being adroit at operating within the patent system and due to being well funded and supported in his enterprises. The last third of the book is devoted to a cursory exploration of the ethical dilemmas surrounding the outlook of gene-editing humans in a way that will be heritable for our offspring for all time-- a startling development that is the stuff of science fiction, yet confronts us now. The emphasis she put on assembling a team in her lab that had chemistry (pardon the pun), so that ideas would collaborate and flow instead of egos or combative competition causing objectives to be stifled, was cherished by her underlings. Back in 2017 I read and reviewed A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution, by Jennifer A.

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Could the expense of the technology, and differing regulatory standards in certain countries lead to genetic tourism? While somatic gene editing gets a pass with me until I can be convinced otherwise, germline editing - inheritable changes made through reproductive cells - on the other hand, has me in full-force hypervigilance mode. Isaacson frequently puts himself into the narrative, writing in first person about his encounters and reactions. Driven by a passion to understand how nature works and to turn discoveries into inventions, she would help to make what the book’s author, James Watson, told her was the most important biological advance since his co-discovery of the structure of DNA. There is a also a short description of the bureaucratic idiocy related to the CDC's delay in development of an approved COVID test.As it turned out the CRISPR story includes some tales of lawsuits caused by the final dash—and subterfuge—for patent rights. Her life story illustrates that the key to innovation is connecting basic science to our everyday lives--moving discoveries from our labs to our bedsides--in ways that respect our moral values. With a plot that is so crammed with secrets it can be a challenge to keep track of who knows what, The Circle Breakers will be enjoyed most by those who are familiar with the characters and storylines. The scientists involved have decades more of careers even if we ignore the ballooning army of newcomers.

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I will say that I'm not 100% clearly picturing how gene editing works despite the lengthy explanations. The multifaceted focus of The Code Breaker may turn some people off to the book because it doesn’t conform to the standard model for a biography, e. The book was to include information on the NSA and, according to Bamford, the agency attempted to stop its publication.Rather, it’s a biography of CRISPR technology and a detailed story of how it was discovered from fascinating and complicated collaborations between numerous great scientists. Also there are quality color photos of a number of scientists, too many for my taste -- sometimes by the time I saw the photo I couldn't remember among the parade of names, discoveries, personality traits and rivalries exactly how that person fit in.