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2017

Format:	Book
Author:	Doudna, Jennifer A., author.
Title:	A crack in creation : gene editing and the unthinkable power to control evolution / Jennifer A. Doudna, Samuel H. Sternberg.
Publisher, Date:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
Description:	xx, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary:	Two Berkeley scientists explore the potential of a revolutionary genetics technology capable of easily and affordably manipulating DNA in human embryos to prevent specific diseases, addressing key concerns about related ethical and societal repercussions.
Subjects:	Genetic engineering -- History. Genetic code. Genetics -- Research -- History.
Other Author:	Sternberg, Samuel H., author.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
LCCN:	2016058472
ISBN:	9780544716940 (hardcover) 0544716949 (hardcover) * 9780544716964
Other Number:	953709904
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Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	660874
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Call Number:	576.5 Doudna

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