The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Nice quote in the epilogue I'm going to share with my daughter:
"Reading the book [Watson's The Double Helix] made me, as it made Doudna, want to become a biochemist. Unlike her, I didn't. If I had to do it all over again--pay attention, you students reading this--I would have focused far more on the life sciences, especially if I was coming of age in the 21st century. People of my generation became fascinated by personal computers and the web. We made sure our kids learned how to code. Now we will have to make sure they understand the code of life."

Valuable advice and the story of CRISPR and Jennifer Doudna is a tale of hope of for the future at a time when things seems so bleak (Trump coming to power next month)



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