Book description
For fans of Julia Buckley and Tess Gerritsen, a debut featuring a killer in plain sight using a microscopic murder weapon, the cutting edge gene-editing technology: CRISPR.
Boston geneticist Dr. Saul Kramer is on the cutting edge of genetic disease research. Revered among clients at his IVF clinic, he harbors…
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1 author picked CRISPR'd as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This work of fiction highlights the potential dangers of genetic engineering.
It invites the reader to imagine a world in which it is possible to genetically modify early-stage human embryos, making changes that will determine the life-trajectory of the newborn.
In this world, Dr. Saul Kramer, a geneticist, and the head of a successful IVF clinic, uses CRISPR technology not to correct disease-causing genes in unhealthy embryos, but rather to insert a gene for a fatal genetic disease into healthy embryos.
Children born of these genetically modified embryos die in the first year of life. Notably, this is not a…
From Françoise's list on The best books on genetic engineering (including CRISPR) and designer babies.
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