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The code breaker : Jennifer Doudna, gene editing, and the future of the human race, Walter Isaacson, (compact disc)

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A portrait of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist explores the impact of James Watson's "The Double Helix" on her career and how her team's invention of CRISPR technology enabled revolutionary DNA-editing approaches to fighting disease, as well as curing diseases, fending off viruses, and enhancing our children
Language
eng
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Edition
Unabridged edition
Extent
13 audio discs (approximately 16 hr., 4 min.)
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  • Title from container
  • Compact discs
Contents
  • Introduction. Into the breach
  • Part one. The origins of life. Hilo ; The gene ; DNA ; The education of a biochemist ; The human genome ; RNA ; Twists and folds ; Berkeley
  • Part two. CRISPR. Clustered repeats ; The Free Speech Movement Café ; Jumping in ; The yogurt makers ; Genentech ; The lab ; Caribou ; Emmanuelle Charpentier ; CRISPR-Cas9 ; Science, 2012 ; Dueling presentations
  • Part three. Gene editing. A human tool ; The race ; Feng Zhang ; George Church ; Zhang tackles CRISPR ; Doudna joins the race ; Photo finish ; Doudna's final sprint ; Forming companies ; Mon amie ; The heroes of CRISPR ; Patents
  • Part four. CRISPR in action. Therapies ; Biohacking ; DARPA and anti-CRISPR
  • Part five. Public scientist. Rules of the road ; Doudna steps in
  • Part six. CRISPR babies. He Jiankui ; The Hong Kong summit ; Acceptance
  • Part seven. Moral questions. Red lines ; Thought experiments ; Who should decide? ; Doudna's ethical journey
  • Part eight. Dispatches from the front. Quebec ; I learn to edit ; Watson revisited ; Doudna pays a visit
  • Part nine. Coronavirus. Call to arms ; Testing ; The Berkeley lab ; Mammoth and Sherlock ; Coronavirus tests ; Vaccines ; CRISPR cures ; Cold Spring Harbor virtual ; The Nobel Prize
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9781797117041
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The code breaker : Jennifer Doudna, gene editing, and the future of the human race
Title
The code breaker
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Jennifer Doudna, gene editing, and the future of the human race
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Walter Isaacson
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
A portrait of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist explores the impact of James Watson's "The Double Helix" on her career and how her team's invention of CRISPR technology enabled revolutionary DNA-editing approaches to fighting disease, as well as curing diseases, fending off viruses, and enhancing our children
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Isaacson, Walter
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576.5
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LC call number
QH440
LC item number
.I83 2021ab
Literary text for sound recordings
biography
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Read by Käthe Mazur
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Mazur, Kathe
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  • Doudna, Jennifer A
  • Biochemists
  • Women biochemists
  • Nobel Prize winners
  • Women scientists
  • Watson, James D
  • CRISPR (Genetics)
  • Gene editing
  • Gene editing
  • Geneticists
  • Academic-industrial collaboration
  • Biotechnology
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The code breaker : Jennifer Doudna, gene editing, and the future of the human race, Walter Isaacson, (compact disc)
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  • Title from container
  • Compact discs
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digital storage
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audio disc
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  • sd
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rdacarrier
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stereophonic
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction. Into the breach -- Part one. The origins of life. Hilo ; The gene ; DNA ; The education of a biochemist ; The human genome ; RNA ; Twists and folds ; Berkeley -- Part two. CRISPR. Clustered repeats ; The Free Speech Movement Café ; Jumping in ; The yogurt makers ; Genentech ; The lab ; Caribou ; Emmanuelle Charpentier ; CRISPR-Cas9 ; Science, 2012 ; Dueling presentations -- Part three. Gene editing. A human tool ; The race ; Feng Zhang ; George Church ; Zhang tackles CRISPR ; Doudna joins the race ; Photo finish ; Doudna's final sprint ; Forming companies ; Mon amie ; The heroes of CRISPR ; Patents -- Part four. CRISPR in action. Therapies ; Biohacking ; DARPA and anti-CRISPR -- Part five. Public scientist. Rules of the road ; Doudna steps in -- Part six. CRISPR babies. He Jiankui ; The Hong Kong summit ; Acceptance -- Part seven. Moral questions. Red lines ; Thought experiments ; Who should decide? ; Doudna's ethical journey -- Part eight. Dispatches from the front. Quebec ; I learn to edit ; Watson revisited ; Doudna pays a visit -- Part nine. Coronavirus. Call to arms ; Testing ; The Berkeley lab ; Mammoth and Sherlock ; Coronavirus tests ; Vaccines ; CRISPR cures ; Cold Spring Harbor virtual ; The Nobel Prize
Control code
on1228517199
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
Edition
Unabridged edition
Extent
13 audio discs (approximately 16 hr., 4 min.)
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781797117041
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not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
mass produced
Kind of material
plastic with metal
Media category
audio
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
Other control number
9781797117041
Publisher number
13577252
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
sound disc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
Stock number
  • 60e7zm
  • 40e7zm
System control number
(OCoLC)1228517199
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable
Label
The code breaker : Jennifer Doudna, gene editing, and the future of the human race, Walter Isaacson, (compact disc)
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Title from container
  • Compact discs
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
Carrier category
audio disc
Carrier category code
  • sd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction. Into the breach -- Part one. The origins of life. Hilo ; The gene ; DNA ; The education of a biochemist ; The human genome ; RNA ; Twists and folds ; Berkeley -- Part two. CRISPR. Clustered repeats ; The Free Speech Movement Café ; Jumping in ; The yogurt makers ; Genentech ; The lab ; Caribou ; Emmanuelle Charpentier ; CRISPR-Cas9 ; Science, 2012 ; Dueling presentations -- Part three. Gene editing. A human tool ; The race ; Feng Zhang ; George Church ; Zhang tackles CRISPR ; Doudna joins the race ; Photo finish ; Doudna's final sprint ; Forming companies ; Mon amie ; The heroes of CRISPR ; Patents -- Part four. CRISPR in action. Therapies ; Biohacking ; DARPA and anti-CRISPR -- Part five. Public scientist. Rules of the road ; Doudna steps in -- Part six. CRISPR babies. He Jiankui ; The Hong Kong summit ; Acceptance -- Part seven. Moral questions. Red lines ; Thought experiments ; Who should decide? ; Doudna's ethical journey -- Part eight. Dispatches from the front. Quebec ; I learn to edit ; Watson revisited ; Doudna pays a visit -- Part nine. Coronavirus. Call to arms ; Testing ; The Berkeley lab ; Mammoth and Sherlock ; Coronavirus tests ; Vaccines ; CRISPR cures ; Cold Spring Harbor virtual ; The Nobel Prize
Control code
on1228517199
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
Edition
Unabridged edition
Extent
13 audio discs (approximately 16 hr., 4 min.)
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781797117041
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
mass produced
Kind of material
plastic with metal
Media category
audio
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
Other control number
9781797117041
Publisher number
13577252
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
sound disc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
Stock number
  • 60e7zm
  • 40e7zm
System control number
(OCoLC)1228517199
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

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