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050		4	_aQH442.3 _b.K69 2018
082	0	4	_a572.8/77 _223
100	1		_aKozubek, Jim, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aModern Prometheus : _bediting the human genome with Crispr-Cas9 / _cJim Kozubek.
250			_aRevised and updated edition.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2018.
300			_a1 online resource (xxvi, 451 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Apr 2018).
520			_aWould you change your genes if you could? As we confront the 'industrial revolution of the genome', the recent discoveries of Crispr-Cas9 technologies are offering, for the first time, cheap and effective methods for editing the human genome. This opens up startling new opportunities as well as significant ethical uncertainty. Tracing events across a fifty-year period, from the first gene splicing techniques to the present day, this is the story of gene editing - the science, the impact and the potential. Kozubek weaves together the fascinating stories of many of the scientists involved in the development of gene editing technology. Along the way, he demystifies how the technology really works and provides vivid and thought-provoking reflections on the continuing ethical debate. Ultimately, Kozubek places the debate in its historical and scientific context to consider both what drives scientific discovery and the implications of the 'commodification' of life.
650		0	_aGene targeting.
650		0	_aGenomes.
650		0	_aCRISPR-associated protein 9.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108454629
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781108597104
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