- Publisher: Profile
- Year: 2023
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 448pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 196x128mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.4kg
- ISBN: 9781788167017
- Product code: 546569
The Genetic Age
Our Perilous Quest to Edit Life
Matthew Cobb New Paperback Illustrated
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Since a 2015 breakthrough known as CRISPR, it has been theoretically possible to precisely manipulate the genes in virtually any organism, even humans, as the controversial Chinese scientist He Jiankui demonstrated. Matthew Cobb puts the incredible possibilities and potentially deadly threat of the new technology into historic context, considering the philosophical ramifications of humans being able to ‘play God’.
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A TIMES ENVIRONMENT AND SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022
'The ideal guide to what is not just a fiendishly complex area of science but also an ethical minefield' Mail on Sunday
A new gene editing technology, invented just seven years ago, has turned humanity into gods. Enabling us to manipulate the genes in virtually any organism with exquisite precision, CRISPR has given scientists a degree of control that was undreamt of even in science fiction.
But CRISPR is just the latest, giant leap in a long journey to master genetics. The Genetic Age shows the astonishing, world-changing potential of the new genetics and the possible threats it poses, sifting between fantasy and the reality when it comes to both benefits and dangers.
By placing each phase of discovery, anticipation and fear in the context of over fifty years of attempts to master the natural world, Matthew Cobb, the Baillie-Gifford-shortlisted author of The Idea of the Brain, weaves the stories of science, history and culture to shed new light on our future. With the powers now at our disposal, it is a future that is almost impossible to imagine - but it is one we will create ourselves.
'The ideal guide to what is not just a fiendishly complex area of science but also an ethical minefield' Mail on Sunday
A new gene editing technology, invented just seven years ago, has turned humanity into gods. Enabling us to manipulate the genes in virtually any organism with exquisite precision, CRISPR has given scientists a degree of control that was undreamt of even in science fiction.
But CRISPR is just the latest, giant leap in a long journey to master genetics. The Genetic Age shows the astonishing, world-changing potential of the new genetics and the possible threats it poses, sifting between fantasy and the reality when it comes to both benefits and dangers.
By placing each phase of discovery, anticipation and fear in the context of over fifty years of attempts to master the natural world, Matthew Cobb, the Baillie-Gifford-shortlisted author of The Idea of the Brain, weaves the stories of science, history and culture to shed new light on our future. With the powers now at our disposal, it is a future that is almost impossible to imagine - but it is one we will create ourselves.
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Since a 2015 breakthrough known as CRISPR, it has been theoretically possible to precisely manipulate the genes in virtually any organism, even humans, as the controversial Chinese scientist He Jiankui demonstrated. Matthew Cobb puts the incredible possibilities and potentially deadly threat of the new technology into historic context, considering the philosophical ramifications of humans being able to ‘play God’.
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