Well, what can I say about this book? I am feeling intensely emotioanl about this one and obviously, I would give it A Thousand Stars! Apart from Atul Gawande's "Being Mortal", this is another best-read for me in 2021! Such a brilliant, marvellous piece on CRISPR, its application in genome editing, diagnosing & curing diseases, and how it can be used to fight coronavirus. And most importantly, the star of this book is Jennifer Doudna - the Wonder Woman in science. Until 2020, only five women, beginning with Marie Curie in 1911, had won a Nobel for chemistry. But 2020 was the year it went to two women, Jennifer Doudna and French colleague Emmanuelle Charpentier, for the development of CRISPR, a gene editing technology. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race is a non-fiction book authored by American historian and journalist Walter Isaacson. Published in March 2021 by Simon & Schuster, it is a biography of Jennifer Doudna, the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work on the CRISPR system of gene editing. [1] 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. CRISPR is a type of DNA sequence, found in bacteria that have previously been infected by a virus or other invading organism.

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I read The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race for a few reasons, one to have some talking points when people say nonsense about vaccines, and another because I always like to have a "respectable" book to talk to patients about so I don't have to reveal that I enjoy alien/human romances... For the above reasons I would recommend this book only with reservations. I’m glad I read it, but I think it would be an even more powerful book had it been condensed and edited. For example, this reviewer strongly feels that the industry professionals must narrow down the list to the issues within their domain, where the debates and their resolutions could lead to material or needed change in the methods and bin the rest. Charpentier and Doudna are basic (not applied) researchers, working at public universities, and are as such, not so savvy in patent law and the patent application process.

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race (2021) is not your traditional biography. It’s also a history of the biotech field, the people driving it forward, a COVID-19 story, and a love letter to science and curiosity. 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.g. an examination of one person’s life story and a litany of their achievements. That only makes me enjoy the book even more. CRISPR-Cas9 systems can be ‘programmed’ relatively easily and inexpensively, to conduct ‘germline editing’ (i.e. insertion of designer DNA, or deletion of unwanted DNA) into the organism’s genetic code.

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This all started in 2012 when Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna dropped a seminal (no pun intended) paper on CRISPR Cas9. Robert Downey Jr./Walter Isaacson/Sebastián Yatra/Guaynaa". The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Episode 1061. March 22, 2021. CBS. In 1980 un alt pas urias : Cech si Altman descopera ca anumite forme de ARN pot fi enzime, moleculele lor se pot diviza, declansand o reactie chimica. Mai mult, ele pot fi mai importante pentru originea vietii decat ADN, ele pot elimina prin taiere secvente nedorite. I really enjoyed the story of how CRISPR was discovered. Isaacson puts a lot of onus on the trait of curiosity across all his biologies (Steve Jobs, Leonardo Da Vinci, etc). And Jennifer Doudna was only a pioneer and discoverer of CRISPR's uses because she was being curious and exploring the bounds of science. As it turned out the CRISPR story includes some tales of lawsuits caused by the final dash—and subterfuge—for patent rights. Scrambling to get findings published first in a science journal made these scientists look like conceded narcissists. Then when things advanced to the awards stage I was sorry to see some old friendships and partnerships chill as a result of jealousy.Doudna si Charpentier au revolutionat domeniul in 2011 demonstrand ca poti tinti, cu ajutorul unui ghid, secventa de ADN pe care vrei sa o tai, inserand in loc o gena preferata, adica este programabil !