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The code breaker : Jennifer Doudna and the race to understand our genetic code, Walter Isaacson, with Sarah Durand

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  • "When Jennifer Doudna was a sixth grader in Hilo, Hawaii, she came home from school one afternoon and found a book on her bed. It was The Double Helix, James Watson's account of how he and Francis Crick had discovered the structure of DNA, the spiral-staircase molecule that carries the genetic instruction code for all forms of life. This book guided Jennifer Doudna to focus her studies not on DNA, but on what seemed to take a backseat in biochemistry: figuring out the structure of RNA, a closely related molecule that enables the genetic instructions coded in DNA to express themselves. Doudna became an expert in determining the shapes and structures of these RNA molecules--an expertise that led her to develop a revolutionary new technique that could edit human genes. Today gene-editing technologies such as CRISPR are already being used to eliminate simple genetic defects that cause disorders such as Tay-Sachs and sickle cell anemia. For now, however, Jennifer and her team are being deployed against our most immediate threat--the coronavirus--and you have just been given a front row seat to that war." -- Amazon.com
  • "Walter Isaacson's #1 New York Times bestselling history of our third scientific revolution: CRISPR, gene editing, and the quest to understand the code of life itself, is now adapted for young readers"--
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eng
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  • Young reader's edition.
  • First edition.
Extent
xiii, 320 pages
Note
  • "Adaptation by Sarah Durand" -- Title page verso
  • "This young reader's edition is adapted from The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson, published by Simon & Schuster in 2021." -- Title page verso
Contents
  • The origins of life
  • The CRISPR
  • Gene editing
  • CRISPR in action
  • CRISPR babies
  • The moral questions
  • CRISPR and COVID-19
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9781665910675
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The code breaker : Jennifer Doudna and the race to understand our genetic code
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The code breaker
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Jennifer Doudna and the race to understand our genetic code
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Walter Isaacson, with Sarah Durand
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eng
Summary
  • "When Jennifer Doudna was a sixth grader in Hilo, Hawaii, she came home from school one afternoon and found a book on her bed. It was The Double Helix, James Watson's account of how he and Francis Crick had discovered the structure of DNA, the spiral-staircase molecule that carries the genetic instruction code for all forms of life. This book guided Jennifer Doudna to focus her studies not on DNA, but on what seemed to take a backseat in biochemistry: figuring out the structure of RNA, a closely related molecule that enables the genetic instructions coded in DNA to express themselves. Doudna became an expert in determining the shapes and structures of these RNA molecules--an expertise that led her to develop a revolutionary new technique that could edit human genes. Today gene-editing technologies such as CRISPR are already being used to eliminate simple genetic defects that cause disorders such as Tay-Sachs and sickle cell anemia. For now, however, Jennifer and her team are being deployed against our most immediate threat--the coronavirus--and you have just been given a front row seat to that war." -- Amazon.com
  • "Walter Isaacson's #1 New York Times bestselling history of our third scientific revolution: CRISPR, gene editing, and the quest to understand the code of life itself, is now adapted for young readers"--
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Isaacson, Walter
Dewey number
576.5
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illustrations
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no index present
Intended audience
  • Ages 8-12
  • Grades 4-6
Intended audience source
  • Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
  • Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
LC call number
QH437.5
LC item number
.I83 2022
Literary form
non fiction
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bibliography
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Durand, Sarah
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  • Doudna, Jennifer A.
  • CRISPR (Genetics)
  • Gene editing
  • Genetics
  • Biochemists
  • Nobel Prize winners
  • Women scientists
  • Gene editing
  • Biotechnology
  • Doudna, Jennifer A
  • CRISPR (Genetics)
  • Gene editing
  • Genetics
  • CRISPR (Genetics)
  • Gene editing
  • Genetics
Target audience
adolescent
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The code breaker : Jennifer Doudna and the race to understand our genetic code, Walter Isaacson, with Sarah Durand
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  • "Adaptation by Sarah Durand" -- Title page verso
  • "This young reader's edition is adapted from The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson, published by Simon & Schuster in 2021." -- Title page verso
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-320)
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Contents
The origins of life -- The CRISPR -- Gene editing -- CRISPR in action -- CRISPR babies -- The moral questions -- CRISPR and COVID-19
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on1267403545
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
  • Young reader's edition.
  • First edition.
Extent
xiii, 320 pages
Isbn
9781665910675
Lccn
2021042297
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illustrations
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The code breaker : Jennifer Doudna and the race to understand our genetic code, Walter Isaacson, with Sarah Durand
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • "Adaptation by Sarah Durand" -- Title page verso
  • "This young reader's edition is adapted from The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson, published by Simon & Schuster in 2021." -- Title page verso
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-320)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The origins of life -- The CRISPR -- Gene editing -- CRISPR in action -- CRISPR babies -- The moral questions -- CRISPR and COVID-19
Control code
on1267403545
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
  • Young reader's edition.
  • First edition.
Extent
xiii, 320 pages
Isbn
9781665910675
Lccn
2021042297
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
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  • n
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illustrations

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