Σύνοψη βιβλίου
A handful of inventions have changed the course of human history. This book is about the most recent and potentially the most powerful and dangerous of them all. It is an invention that allows us to rewrite the genetic code that causes, defines and shapes all living beings. It hands us that power wholesale - the power to cure disease, to alleviate suffering, to provide food and energy, and the power to re-design any species, including humans, for our own ends. Jennifer Doudna is the co-inventor of this technology, known as CRISPR, an expert in genomic engineering of worldwide renown. Here she will provide the definitive account of her field, explaining how it works and what it is capable of. Her book is an urgent call to scientists, governments and every member of our species to consider what this new-found power means, how it should be used and how we ensure the unprecedented benefits it could provide to humankind are not outweighed by its equally unprecedented dangers.
