a dispute over CRISPR patent rights, a disheartening twist to what had begun as collegial interactions and genuine shared excitement about the applications of the research." Perhaps she didn't want this to derail the important societal implications of this research. One CRISPR issue not dealt with to any great extent in this book is the controversy over patent rights. For the rest of my analysis, I will assume that I am primarily discussing the thoughts and ideas of Doudna. I didn't find that confusing while reading the book, but I do find it makes it difficult while writing about it, as I am not sure if it is she said, he said, or they said. Although the book has two authors, it is written from only one perspective. The remaining portion of the book considers the societal issues and what has been done to help alleviate a rush into biohacking our own evolution by changing the human germline. In the first section, the authors give us the type of blow-by-blow first-person memoir about scientific discovery that makes for an exciting read. I was glad to get the opportunity to read this book. Not only is she frequently quoted in scientific papers, she may also be familiar to the public through her interviews and appearances on television news and science shows. Doudna is acknowledged as one of the leading scientists in the world regarding CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing. I had on my must-read list a recent book by Jennifer Doudna and Samuel Sternberg titled ' A Crack in Creation', a book about ' gene editing and the unthinkable power to control evolution'.
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