El codigo de la vida : Jennifer Doudna, la edici̤n geňtica y el futuro de la especie humana / Walter Isaacson ; traducci̤n de Inga Pellisa D̕az y Luis Jes͠s Negro Garc̕a.
The code breaker Jennifer Doudna, gene editing, and the future of the human race. Spanish
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
Walter Isaacson vuelve a fascinarnos, esta vezcon la historia de Jennifer Doudna, Premio Nobel de Qu̕mica 2020, y el avance cient̕fico m̀s importante del ͠ltimo siglo.Hay una revoluci̤n en marcha, una tecnolog̕a prodigiosa que nos va a permitir curar enfermedades, derrotar virus y tener hijos m̀s sanos. A su cabeza est̀ la reciente premio Nobel Jennifer Doudna y sus colegas, protagonistas del nuevo libro de Walter Isaacson. Aunque su profesor de instituto le advirti̤ que las nįas no pod̕an ser cient̕ficas, su b͠squeda apasionada de los mecanismos ocultos de la vida y su voluntad por convertir descubrimientos en inventos llevaron a Jennifer Doudna a participar en el avance m̀s importante en el ̀mbito de la biolog̕a desde el descubrimiento de la doble ȟlice del ADN. Con su equipo, transform̤ una curiosidad de la naturaleza en una herramienta que cambiar̀ el rumbo del ser humano. El CRISPR, una ťcnica f̀cil de usar que permite modificar el ADN, lo que abre un mundo nuevo de milagros m̌dicos pero tambǐn de cuestiones morales.El desarrollo del CRISPR (y la carrera por encontrar la vacuna del coronavirus) acelerar̀n nuestra transici̤n a la siguiente gran revoluci̤n. Los ͠ltimos cincuenta ąos han sido una era digital basada en el microchip, el ordenador e internet... Walter Isaacson fascinates us once again, this time with the story of Jennifer Doudna, 2020 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry, and the most important scientific advance of the last century.There is a revolution underway, a prodigious technology that will allow us to cure diseases, defeat viruses and have healthier children. At the head of it is the recent Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues, protagonists of the new book by Walter Isaacson. Although her high school teacher warned her that girls could not be scientists, her passionate search for the hidden mechanisms of life and her will to turn discoveries into inventions led Jennifer Doudna to participate in the most important advance in the field of biology. since the discovery of the DNA double helix. With her team, she transformed a curiosity of nature into a tool that will change the course of the human being. CRISPR, an easy-to-use technique that allows DNA modification, opening up a new world of medical miracles but also moral issues. The development of CRISPR (and the race to find the coronavirus vaccine) will accelerate our transition to the next one. great revolution. The last fifty years have been a digital age based on the microchip, the computer and the internet ...
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