Title from container. Compact discs. Read by Käthe Mazur.
Contents:
Introduction. Into the breach -- Part one. The origins of life. Hilo -- The gene -- DNA -- The education of a biochemist -- The human genome -- RNA -- Twists and folds -- Berkeley -- Part two. CRISPR. Clustered repeats -- The Free Speech Movement Café -- Jumping in -- The yogurt makers -- Genentech -- The lab -- Caribou -- Emmanuelle Charpentier -- CRISPR-Cas9 -- Science, 2012 -- Dueling presentations -- Part three. Gene editing. A human tool -- The race -- Feng Zhang -- George Church -- Zhang tackles CRISPR -- Doudna joins the race -- Photo finish -- Doudna's final sprint -- Forming companies -- Mon amie -- The heroes of CRISPR -- Patents -- Part four. CRISPR in action. Therapies -- Biohacking -- DARPA and anti-CRISPR -- Part five. Public scientist. Rules of the road -- Doudna steps in -- Part six. CRISPR babies. He Jiankui -- The Hong Kong summit -- Acceptance -- Part seven. Moral questions. Red lines -- Thought experiments -- Who should decide? -- Doudna's ethical journey -- Part eight. Dispatches from the front. Quebec -- I learn to edit -- Watson revisited -- Doudna pays a visit -- Part nine. Coronavirus. Call to arms -- Testing -- The Berkeley lab -- Mammoth and Sherlock -- Coronavirus tests -- Vaccines -- CRISPR cures -- Cold Spring Harbor virtual -- The Nobel Prize.
Summary:
A portrait of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist explores the impact of James Watson's "The Double Helix" on her career and how her team's invention of CRISPR technology enabled revolutionary DNA-editing approaches to fighting disease, as well as curing diseases, fending off viruses, and enhancing our children.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.