Pegasus Books Editing Humanity: The Crispr Revolution and the New Era of Genome Editing

Pacco arrivato completamente aperto: per fortuna il libro è integro.Devo aggiungere che ultimamente gli imballi sono decisamente scadenti e non idonei.Non è la prima volta che la merce acquistata su Amazon arriva con imballi devastati e il contenuto è poco protetto.

With so much Curiosity I've ordered this book and I can't wait to satisfy my curiosity while unraveling the unending knowledge of CRISPR 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

Genome editing did not need Drs. Doudna and Charpentier's well-deserved Nobel win to validate it. Though fraught with potential for ethical abuse (something Davies attacks and parses fairly), CRISPR will seem to be one of those things that ends up changing lives and saving lives via "days of small things." Sickle cell and genetically adaptive crops, rare genetic disorders no longer causing families to suffer. While the birth of the "CRISPR babies" also made my stomach turn, I know that if I had a child suffering from the ravages of sickle cell, I would be first in line for treatment. Davies shows how the story of CRISPR is a human one--the scientists who have played a role in it's development over the years, the journalists who broke the news--with all their quirks, genius, and foibles. And he does not reduce Lulu and Nana—the babies born with genes edited by He Jianuki—to hashtags. These are real little girls and Davies tells their story with great humanity. A must-read to understand this scientific and medical innovation beyond hashtags and headlines.

I found this book difficult reading, but for the wrong reasons. Yes, the topics are technical, but I struggled with the author's writing style and the book's (poor) organization. I think the major flaw is the author's attempt to cover too many different people and topics. The birth of the CRISPER research and discoveries are covered, but the book also attempts to review the myriad research efforts concerning gene editing in plants, animals, and humans. In addition, the author spends an excessive amount of time on the Chinese scientist who tried gene editing in a human. Even more distracting, the book includes details about scientists fighting legal battles over patents. In contrast, I found (Nobel Prize winner) Jennifer Doudna's book "A Crack in Creation" to be much clearer and better written. Walter Issacson has a book on this subject coming out next year, and I look forward to reading that.

I read this book in a week! I have been working in this field for a few years and I am an absolute fan of the topic. I had been looking for information about the history of CRISPR for a while. The author does an awesome job!