A crack in creation: gene editing and the unthinkable power to control evolution 9780544716940, 9780544716964, 0544716965

A trailblazing biologist grapples with her role in the biggest scientific discovery of our era: a cheap, easy way of rew

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A crack in creation: gene editing and the unthinkable power to control evolution
 9780544716940, 9780544716964, 0544716965

Table of contents :
The quest for a cure --
A new defense --
Cracking the code --
Command and control --
The CRISPR menagerie --
To heal the sick --
The reckoning --
What lies ahead --
Epilogue : the beginning.

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