Code Breaker
Subtitle: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2021
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 537
ISBN-13: 9781982115876
Copyright date: 2021
Subjects: Immunogenetics; Women scientists, biography; Biochemists; Genetic engineering
First sentence: Had she grown up in any other part of America, Jennifer Doudna might have felt like a regular kid.
Table of contents: title: Contents
pagenum: vii; title: Dedication
pagenum: xi; label: Introduction
title: Into the Breach
pagenum: xiii; label: One
title: The Origins of Life; label: 1
title: Hilo
pagenum: 3; label: 2
title: The Gene
pagenum: 11; label: 3
title: DNA
pagenum: 17; label: 4
title: The Education of a Biochemist
pagenum: 29; label: 5
title: The Human Genome
pagenum: 37; label: 6
title: RNA
pagenum: 43; label: 7
title: Twists and Folds
pagenum: 51; label: 8
title: Berkeley
pagenum: 63; label: Two
title: CRISPR; label: 9
title: Clustered Repeats
pagenum: 71; label: 10
title: The Free Speech Movement Café
pagenum: 79; label: 11
title: Jumping In
pagenum: 81; label: 12
title: The Yogurt Makers
pagenum: 89; label: 13
title: Genetech
pagenum: 97; label: 14
title: The Lab
pagenum: 103; label: 15
title: Caribou
pagenum: 113; label: 16
title: Emmanuelle Carpentier
pagenum: 119; label: 17
title: CRISPR-Cas9
pagenum: 129; label: 18
title: Science, 2012
pagenum: 137; label: 19
title: Dueling Presentations
pagenum: 143; label: Three
title: Gene Editing; label: 20
title: A Human Tool
pagenum: 153; label: 21
title: The Race
pagenum: 157; label: 22
title: Feng Zhang
pagenum: 161; label: 23
title: George Church
pagenum: 169; label: 24
title: Zhang Tackles CRISPR
pagenum: 175; label: 25
title: Doudna Joins the Race
pagenum: 187; label: 26
title: Photo Finish
pagenum: 191; label: 27
title: Doudna’s Final Spring
pagenum: 197; label: 28
title: Forming Companies
pagenum: 203; label: 29
title: Mon Amie
pagenum: 215; label: 30
title: The Heroes of CRISPR
pagenum: 223; label: 31
title: Patents
pagenum: 231; label: Four
title: CRISPR in Action; label: 32
title: Therapies
pagenum: 245; label: 33
title: Biohacking
pagenum: 253; label: 34
title: DARPA and Anti-CRISPR
pagenum: 259; label: Five
title: Public Scientist; label: 35
title: Rules of the Road
pagenum: 267; label: 36
title: Doudna Steps In
pagenum: 283; label: Six
title: CRISPR Babies; label: 37
title: He Jiankui
pagenum: 299; label: 38
title: The Hong Kong Summit
pagenum: 315; label: 39
title: Acceptance
pagenum: 325; label: Seven
title: The Moral Questions; label: 40
title: Red Lines
pagenum: 335; label: 41
title: Thought Experiments
pagenum: 341; label: 42
title: Who Should Decide?
pagenum: 355; label: 43
title: Doudna’s Ethical Journey
pagenum: 367; label: Eight
title: Dispatches from the Front; label: 44
title: Quebec
pagenum: 353; label: 45
title: I Learn to Edit
pagenum: 379; label: 46
title: Watson Revisited
pagenum: 385; label: 47
title: Doudna Pays a Visit
pagenum: 395; label: Nine
title: Cronavirus; label: 48
title: Call to Arms
pagenum: 401; label: 49
title: Testing
pagenum: 407; label: 50
title: The Berkeley Lab
pagenum: 413; label: 51
title: Mammoth and Sherlock
pagenum: 421; label: 52
title: Cronavirus Tests
pagenum: 427; label: 53
title: Vaccines
pagenum: 435; label: 54
title: CRISPR Cures
pagenum: 449; label: 55
title: Cold Spring Harbor Virtual
pagenum: 459; label: 56
title: The Nobel Prize
pagenum: 469; title: Epilogue
pagenum: 477; title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: 483; title: Notes
pagenum: 487; title: Index
pagenum: 517; title: Image Credits
pagenum: 535