Hacking The Code Of Life: How Gene Editing Will Rewrite Our Futures

Details Author Reviews Description 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 PossibilityNessa Carey's Book Is A Thrilling And Timely Snapshot Of A Technology That Will Radically Alter Our Futures. 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... Read More

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