The genetic age : our perilous quest to edit life
Cobb, Matthew2022
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How fifty years of genetic engineering have brought us to the brink of a profound and disturbing future, from Baille Gifford-shortlisted scientist Matthew Cobb. A new gene editing technology, invented just seven years ago, has turned humanity into gods. Enabling us to manipulate the genes in virtually any organism with exquisite precision, CRISPR has given scientists a degree of control that was undreamt of even in science fiction. But CRISPR is just the latest, giant leap in a long journey to master genetics. The Genetic Age shows the astonishing, world-changing potential of the new genetics and the possible threats it poses, sifting between fantasy and the reality when it comes to both benefits and dangers. By placing each phase of discovery, anticipation and fear in the context of over fifty years of attempts to master the natural world, Matthew Cobb, the Baillie-Gifford-shortlisted author of The Idea of the Brain, weaves the stories of science, history and culture to shed new light on our future. With the powers now at our disposal, it is a future that is almost impossible to imagine - but it is one we will create ourselves.
The genetic age : our perilous quest to edit life / Matthew Cobb.
Cobb, Matthew, author
London : Profile Books, 2022.©2022
442 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-419) and index.
9781788167000 (hbk)9781788167000
576.5
English
525436
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Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - Science and Technology | 576.5 COB | Available |