Modern Prometheus
Editing the Human Genome with Crispr-Cas9

This updated paperback edition contains all the very latest on the dramatic story of Crispr and the potential impact of this gene-editing technology.

Jim Kozubek (Author)

9781108454629, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 26 April 2018

474 pages
22.8 x 15.3 x 2 cm, 0.77 kg

Would you change your genes if you could? As we confront the 'industrial revolution of the genome', the recent discoveries of Crispr-Cas9 technologies are offering, for the first time, cheap and effective methods for editing the human genome. This opens up startling new opportunities as well as significant ethical uncertainty. Tracing events across a fifty-year period, from the first gene splicing techniques to the present day, this is the story of gene editing - the science, the impact and the potential. Kozubek weaves together the fascinating stories of many of the scientists involved in the development of gene editing technology. Along the way, he demystifies how the technology really works and provides vivid and thought-provoking reflections on the continuing ethical debate. This updated paperback edition contains all the very latest on the patent battle over Crisp and the applications of Crispr technology in agriculture and medicine.

1. Crispr, Cas and capitalists
2. The gene trade
3. Asilomar
4. We can play God in that cell
5. Modern Prometheus
6. Biopolitics
7. Life in a bubble
8. To summon a Leviathan
9. A molecular fairytale
10. Secrets from a freshwater fish
11. Gene hackers
12. Washington.

Subject Areas: Genetic engineering [TCBG], Biotechnology [TCB], Genetics [non-medical PSAK], Bio-ethics [PSAD], Biology, life sciences [PS], Philosophy of science [PDA], Medical ethics & professional conduct [MBDC], Medical & healthcare law [LNTM]