{"product_id":"crack-in-creation-gene-editing-and-the-unthinkable-power-to-control-evolution","title":"Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eCrack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJennifer A Doudna\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780544716940\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eMariner Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2017\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e281\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA trailblazing biologist grapples with her role in \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe biggest scientific discovery of our era: a cheap, easy way of rewriting genetic code, with nearly limitless promise and peril\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Writing with fellow researcher Samuel Sternberg, Doudna shares the thrilling story of her discovery, and passionately argues that enormous responsibility comes with the ability to rewrite the code of life. With CRISPR, she shows, we have effectively taken control of evolution. What will we do with this unfathomable power? \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution | Jennifer A Doudna | Hardcover | 9780544716940 | Used: Like New | Ecology \u0026 Biology 1751876 (temp: 6)","offer_id":48933253382296,"sku":"1751876","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81pMDnJEq4L.jpg?v=1777255917","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/crack-in-creation-gene-editing-and-the-unthinkable-power-to-control-evolution","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}