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HTML: A Best Book of 2021 by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Time, and The Washington Post The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a "compelling" (The Washington Post) account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies. When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a paperback titled The Double Helix on her bed. She put it aside, thinking it was one of those detective tales she loved. When she read it on a rainy Saturday, she discovered she was right, in a way. As she sped through the pages, she became enthralled by the intense drama behind the competition to discover the code of life. Even though her high school counselor told her girls didn't become scientists, she decided she would. Driven by a passion to understand how nature works and to turn discoveries into inventions, she would help to make what the book's author, James Watson, told her was the most important biological advance since his codiscovery of the structure of DNA. She and her collaborators turned a curiosity of nature into an invention that will transform the human race: an easy-to-use tool that can edit DNA. Known as CRISPR, it opened a brave new world of medical miracles and moral questions. The development of CRISPR and the race to create vaccines for coronavirus will hasten our transition to the next great innovation revolution. The past half-century has been a digital age, based on the microchip, computer, and internet. Now we are entering a life-science revolution. Children who study digital coding will be joined by those who study genetic code. Should we use our new evolution-hacking powers to make us less susceptible to viruses? What a wonderful boon that would be! And what about preventing depression? Hmmm...Should we allow parents, if they can afford it, to enhance the height or muscles or IQ of their kids? After helping to discover CRISPR, Doudna became a leader in wrestling with these moral issues and, with her collaborator Emmanuelle Charpentier, won the Nobel Prize in 2020. Her story is an "enthralling detective story" ( Oprah Daily) that involves the most profound wonders of nature, from the origins of life to the future of our species. … (more) |
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HTML:A Best Book of 2021 by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Time, and The Washington Post
The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a "compelling" (The Washington Post) account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies.
When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a paperback titled The Double Helix on her bed. She put it aside, thinking it was one of those detective tales she loved. When she read it on a rainy Saturday, she discovered she was right, in a way. As she sped through the pages, she became enthralled by the intense drama behind the competition to discover the code of life. Even though her high school counselor told her girls didn't become scientists, she decided she would.
Driven by a passion to understand how nature works and to turn discoveries into inventions, she would help to make what the book's author, James Watson, told her was the most important biological advance since his codiscovery of the structure of DNA. She and her collaborators turned a curiosity of nature into an invention that will transform the human race: an easy-to-use tool that can edit DNA. Known as CRISPR, it opened a brave new world of medical miracles and moral questions.
The development of CRISPR and the race to create vaccines for coronavirus will hasten our transition to the next great innovation revolution. The past half-century has been a digital age, based on the microchip, computer, and internet. Now we are entering a life-science revolution. Children who study digital coding will be joined by those who study genetic code.
Should we use our new evolution-hacking powers to make us less susceptible to viruses? What a wonderful boon that would be! And what about preventing depression? Hmmm...Should we allow parents, if they can afford it, to enhance the height or muscles or IQ of their kids?
After helping to discover CRISPR, Doudna became a leader in wrestling with these moral issues and, with her collaborator Emmanuelle Charpentier, won the Nobel Prize in 2020. Her story is an "enthralling detective story" (Oprah Daily) that involves the most profound wonders of nature, from the origins of life to the future of our species. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a paperback titled The Double Helix on her bed. As she sped through the pages, she became enthralled by the intense drama behind the competition to discover the code of life. Even though her high school counselor told her girls didn't become scientists, she decided she would.
Driven by a passion to understand how nature works and to turn discoveries into inventions, she would help to make what the book's author, James Watson, told her was the most important biological advance since his co-discovery of the structure of DNA. She and her collaborators turned a curiosity of nature into an invention that will transform the human race: an easy-to-use tool that can edit DNA. Known as CRISPR, it opened a brave new world of medical miracles and moral questions.
The development of CRISPR and the race to create vaccines for coronavirus will hasten our transition to the next great innovation revolution. The past half-century has been a digital age, based on the microchip, computer, and internet. Now we are entering a life-science revolution. Children who study digital coding will be joined by those who study genetic code.
Should we use our new evolution-hacking powers to make us less susceptible to viruses? What a wonderful boon that would be! And what about preventing depression? Hmmm…Should we allow parents, if they can afford it, to enhance the height or muscles or IQ of their kids?
After helping to discover CRISPR, Doudna became a leader in wrestling with these moral issues and, with her collaborator Emmanuelle Charpentier, won the Nobel Prize in 2020.
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La tecnica CRISPR ha sicuramente il potenziale per rivoluzionare la medicina e la biologia, ma come hai sottolineato, anche solleva questioni etiche e sociali importanti.
Jennifer Doudna è stata una delle figure chiave nello sviluppo della tecnologia CRISPR e ha contribuito a rendere la tecnologia accessibile a un pubblico più ampio. I libri che hai menzionato dovrebbero fornire una buona panoramica di come la tecnologia CRISPR funziona e delle sue possibili applicazioni.
Tuttavia, è importante notare che molte delle applicazioni della tecnologia CRISPR sono ancora in fase di sviluppo e ci sono ancora molte domande senza risposta sui potenziali rischi e benefici della modifica genetica. È importante che i ricercatori e la società nel suo insieme adottino un approccio responsabile e riflettano attentamente sulle implicazioni etiche e sociali della tecnologia CRISPR mentre si cerca di sfruttarne il potenziale per migliorare la nostra salute e la nostra vita.
La tecnologia CRISPR è stata sviluppata come strumento per la manipolazione precisa del DNA. Utilizzando un complesso di proteine e RNA, CRISPR permette di tagliare e modificare specifiche sequenze di DNA all'interno del genoma di un organismo. Questo ha il potenziale di aprire nuove frontiere nella medicina personalizzata, nella lotta contro le malattie genetiche e nella produzione di alimenti più resistenti alle malattie.
Tuttavia, ci sono anche preoccupazioni legate all'utilizzo di questa tecnologia. Una delle principali preoccupazioni riguarda la possibilità che la tecnologia CRISPR possa essere utilizzata per modificare il DNA umano in modo da creare "superuomini" o per aprire la strada alla progettazione di bambini a la carta. Ci sono anche preoccupazioni riguardo alla sicurezza dell'utilizzo di CRISPR per modificare il DNA di organismi viventi, in quanto potrebbe causare effetti indesiderati e imprevisti.
Per questo motivo, molti esperti stanno lavorando per sviluppare linee guida etiche e regolamentazioni per l'utilizzo della tecnologia CRISPR. Inoltre, la discussione pubblica sull'etica dell'editing genetico è diventata sempre più importante, poiché la tecnologia continua a evolversi e ad essere utilizzata in nuovi modi.
Inoltre, la tecnologia CRISPR ha anche il potenziale di creare disuguaglianze sociali ed economiche, poiché i costi per l'accesso alla tecnologia potrebbero essere proibitivi per alcune persone e comunità. Questo solleva importanti questioni di giustizia sociale e accesso equo alla salute.
In generale, la tecnologia CRISPR è una delle innovazioni più promettenti del nostro tempo, ma è importante che sia utilizzata in modo responsabile e che i suoi potenziali rischi ed effetti collaterali siano attentamente considerati e affrontati. | |
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