CRISPR Scientist’s Biography Explores Ethics Of Rewriting The Code Of Life

Biochemist Jennifer Doudna, the subject of Walter Isaacson

The Code Breaker profiles Jennifer Doudna, a Nobel Prize-winning biochemist key to the development of CRISPR, and examines the technology’s exciting possibilities and need for oversight.

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The Code Breaker profiles Jennifer Doudna, a Nobel Prize-winning biochemist key to the development of CRISPR, and examines the technology’s exciting possibilities and need for oversight.