Editing Humanity
The CRISPR Revolution and the New Era of Genome Editing
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
28 July 2021
Summary
One of the world’s leading experts on genetics unravels one of the most important breakthroughs in modern science and medicine.
If our genes are, to a great extent, our destiny, then what would happen if mankind could engineer and alter the very essence of our DNA coding? Millions might be spared the devastating effects of hereditary disease or the challenges of disability, whether it was the pain of sickle-cell anemia to the ravages of Huntington’s disease.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781643137636 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1643137638 |
| Author: | Kevin Davies |
| Publisher: | Pegasus Books |
| Imprint: | Pegasus Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 28 July 2021 |
| Weight: | 431g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm x 36mm |
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About The Author
Kevin Davies
Kevin Davies is the executive editor of The CRISPR Journal and the founding editor of Nature Genetics. He holds an MA in biochemistry from the University of Oxford and a PhD in molecular genetics from the University of London. He is the author of Cracking the Genome, The $1,000 Genome, and co-authored a new edition of DNA: The Story of the Genetic Revolution with Nobel Laureate James D. Watson and Andrew Berry. In 2017, Kevin was selected for a Guggenheim Fellowship in science writing.
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