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Editing Humanity - The CRISPR Revolution and the New Era of Genome Editing (Paperback)
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Editing Humanity - The CRISPR Revolution and the New Era of Genome Editing (Paperback)
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You Save R119 (22%)
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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. But this power to "play God" also raises major ethical
questions and poses threats for potential misuse. For decades,
these questions have lived exclusively in the realm of science
fiction, but as Kevin Davies powerfully reveals in his new book,
this is all about to change. Engrossing and page-turning, Editing
Humanity takes readers inside the fascinating world of a new gene
editing technology called CRISPR, a high-powered genetic toolkit
that enables scientists to not only engineer but to edit the DNA of
any organism down to the individual building blocks of the genetic
code. Davies introduces readers to arguably the most profound
scientific breakthrough of our time. He tracks the scientists on
the front lines of its research to the patients whose powerful
stories bring the narrative movingly to human scale. Though the
birth of the "CRISPR babies" in China made international news,
there is much more to the story of CRISPR than headlines seemingly
ripped from science fiction. In Editing Humanity, Davies sheds
light on the implications that this new technology can have on our
everyday lives and in the lives of generations to come.
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