The Code Breaker

The bestselling author of *Leonardo da Vinci* and *Steve Jobs* delivers a "compelling" (*The Washington Post*) and "enthralling detective story" (*Oprah Daily*), named a Best Book of 2021 by *Bloomberg BusinessWeek*, *Time*, and *The Washington Post*. This account explores how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a life-science revolution with CRISPR, an easy-to-use DNA-editing tool. Heralded as the most significant biological advance since the discovery of DNA's structure, CRISPR offers the power to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and create healthier babies. The book delves into the profound medical possibilities and complex moral questions unleashed by this technology as humanity enters a new era of genetic coding. Doudna, a 2020 Nobel laureate, emerges as a leading voice in navigating these ethical dilemmas.

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