Hacking the Code of Life, Nessa Carey
Hacking the Code of Life, Nessa Carey
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Hacking the Code of Life
How Gene Editing Will Rewrite Our Futures

Author: Nessa Carey

Narrator: Karen Cass

Unabridged: 4 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/11/2019

Synopsis

Just 45 years ago, the age of gene modification was born. Researchers could create glow-in-the-dark mice, farmyard animals producing drugs in their milk, and vitamin-enhanced rice that could prevent half a million people going blind every year.But now GM is rapidly being supplanted by a new system called CRISPR or ‘gene editing’. Using this approach, scientists can manipulate the genes of almost any organism with a degree of precision, ease and speed that we could only dream of ten years ago.But is it ethical to change the genetic material of organisms in a way that might be passed on to future generations? If a person is suffering from a lethal genetic disease, is it even more unethical to deny them this option? Who controls the application of this technology, when it makes ‘biohacking’—perhaps of one’s own genome—a real possibility?Nessa Carey’s book is a thrilling and timely snapshot of a technology that will radically alter our futures.

About Nessa Carey

Nessa Carey worked in the biotech and pharma industry for thirteen years and is a Visiting Professor at Imperial College London. Her previous books for Icon are The Epigenetics Revolution (2011), described by The Guardian as ‘a book that would have had Darwin swooning’, and Junk DNA (2015), ‘a cutting-edge guide to the ever-more mysterious genome’ (New Scientist).

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brian

Nessa Carey has proved consistently effective in putting across the next generation (as it were) aspects of genetics that take as far beyond the selfish gene. We've had The Epigenetics Revolution and Junk DNA on the aspects of genetics where genes are switched on and off, and looking at the parts of......more

Goodreads review by Ashis

জিন এডিটিং — কৃত্রিম উপায়ে ডিএনএ পরিবর্তন — সাম্প্রতিক কালের রোমাঞ্চকর এক আবিষ্কার। আসলে এডিটিং প্রযুক্তি আগেও ছিলো, তবে সাম্প্রতিক কালে (২০১২) এর অভূতপূর্ব উন্নতি হয়েছে, যা সহজেই প্রায় সকল জীবের ক্ষেত্রে প্রয়োগ করা যায়। অন্যভাবে বললে, বর্তমান প্রযুক্তি আসলে ১৯৯৭ সালের GATTACA সিনেমার বৈজ্ঞানিক......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie

"Ethical and legal frameworks rarely develop best when created under time pressure, so it's important that the issues are considered well in advance of widespread implementation" At only 160 pages, I think anyone with an opinion on the subject (which is probably everyone) should read this. There aren......more

Goodreads review by Shaelene

If you are curious about Gene Editing but don't want to be overwhelmed with scientific jargon, this might be the way to go. The complex topic of gene editing is present here in a highly accessible and understandable way, so simple a 5 grader could understand it. The author has provided us with plenty......more

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