Masterminds: Genius, DNA, and the Quest to Rewrite LifeHarper Collins, 6 okt. 2009 - 273 sidor James Watson, J. Craig Venter, Francis Collins, Cynthia Kenyon . . . you may not know them, but you should. They are the masterminds of genetics and biotechnology who want you to live to be 150 years old, to regenerate your heart and brain, to create synthetic life. For better or worse, they are about to alter life on earth forever. Award-winning journalist David Ewing Duncan tells the remarkable stories of cutting-edge bioscientists, revealing their quirky, uniquely fascinating, sometimes vaguely unsettling personas as a means to understand their science and the astonishing implications of their work. This book seamlessly combines myth, biography, scholarship, and wit that poses the all-important question: Can we actually trust these masterminds? |
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... persons who had died of neurological disorders . Later , he parsed out their DNA , looking for links . But the academic ap- proach was too slow , so in 1996 he returned home to Iceland to start a company . On the court Stefansson ...
... persons ever to reveal publicly so much personal information about a raft of disease markers hidden in everyone's genes . In a few years , he says , these tests will be routine : a screening like a cholesterol test that will tell us ...
... person with no family predisposition to be tested by deCode and to have my results announced publicly . I'm also not the first person to take tests for specific genetic diseases . More and more , tests are offered that identify genes ...
... person . So this is not necessarily deterministic in- formation but , rather , offers up probabilities that you or I ... person's DNA can be engineered by adding and subtracting genes ; where genetic fixes or perhaps a pill can be popped ...
... person's entire genetic code in twenty minutes . Stefansson's office suite is across a bridge from the spinning DNA model . His large windows overlook the old Reykjavik airport , and the vast sweep of lava fields and mountains . He's ...
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Eve Cynthia Kenyon | 57 |
Paul | 85 |
Faustus | 121 |
Zeus James Watson | 155 |
Puck Sydney Brenner | 179 |
Moses | 201 |
What If Frankensteins Monster Had Einsteins Brain? | 231 |
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Masterminds: Genius, DNA, and the Quest to Rewrite Life David Ewing Duncan Fragmentarisk förhandsgranskning - 2006 |
Masterminds: Genius, DNA, and the Quest to Rewrite Life David Ewing Duncan Ingen förhandsgranskning - 2009 |
Masterminds: Genius, DNA, and the Quest to Rewrite Life David Ewing Duncan Ingen förhandsgranskning - 2006 |