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Walter Isaacson discusses CRISPR and “The Code Breaker”

WALTER ISAACSON: Well, CRISPR is pretty simple. It’s something bacteria have been doing for more than a billion years. And they’re not much smarter than we are. What they do is, when they get attacked ...
Science News

‘The Code Breaker’ tells the story of CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna

With the slightest touch, the fernlike vine known as sleeping grass folds over on itself, like a Venus flytrap closing its flaps. “What causes the leaves to close when you touch them?” a young ...
Agri-Pulse

Opinion: The Code Breaker, CRISPR, and the UN Summit

As preparations for the United Nations Food System Summit (FSS) get underway in the US and around the world, the respected author Walter Isaacson has released a new book entitled The Code Breaker.
The Hollywood Reporter

‘The Code Breaker’ Limited Series Adaptation in the Works

Mark Gordon Pictures nabbed the screen rights to Walter Isaacson's 'The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race,' a book about Nobel Prize-winning gene editing ...
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Walter Isaacson’s New Biography ‘The Code Breaker’ Spotlights A Pioneer In Gene Editing

Renowned biographer Walter Isaacson explores Jennifer Doudna’s career and her part in the groundbreaking invention of CRISPR — a tool that allows us to edit genes and select traits in babies — in his ...
The Harvard Crimson

‘The Code Breaker’ Review: Isaacson Explores the Paradigm-Shifting Science of Gene Editing

Walter S. Isaacson’s ’74 most recent biography follows the life of a scientific discovery almost as much as it does the life of one incredible scientist. “The Code Breaker” details the story of ...
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Walter Isaacson discusses CRISPR and "The Code Breaker"

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