Children who study digital coding will be surpassed by those who study the code of life.
Now we are entering an even more momentous era, a life-science revolution. The past half-century has been an information-technology era, based on the microchip, the computer, and the internet. The development of CRISPR and the war against coronavirus will hasten our transition to the next great innovation revolution. It has already been deployed to cure deadly diseases, fight the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, and make inheritable changes in the genes of babies.
Known as CRISPR, it opened a brave new world of medical miracles and moral questions.
In the spring of 2012, the Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna and her collaborators turned a curiosity of nature into an invention that will transform the future of the human race: an easy-to-use tool that can edit DNA. The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a gripping account of how the pioneering scientist Jennifer Doudna, along with her colleagues and rivals, launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and enhance our children.
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