“Much of the attention paid to CRISPR these days involves its potential to make inheritable (germline) edits in humans that will be passed along to all the cells of all of our future descendants and have the potential to alter our species. These edits are done in reproductive cells or early-stage embryos. This is what occurred with the CRISPR baby twins in China in 2018, and it is the controversial topic that I will discuss later in this book.”
― The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
― The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
“We’ve piled his plate high with shit,” Fox conceded. “And not even tied a bib around his neck,” Kaye added. “Is your afternoon grilling to be courtesy of a woman called Stoddart?”
― The Complaints
― The Complaints
“It was a quiet street—people kept themselves to themselves. It”
― The Impossible Dead
― The Impossible Dead
“But then again, what do I know. I project. Then I judge.”
― Attempting Normal
― Attempting Normal
“Fuck Morton K. Brigham and Yale University,” Clover said. “You ever been to that place? You have to have a pole stuck up your ass before you’re allowed to walk on campus. Seriously, they have a booth with poles. Before they hire you for a job, they stick a second pole up there.”
― Saturn Run
― Saturn Run
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