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The Mutant Project: Inside the Global Race to Genetically Modify Humans
By Kirksey, Eben
- ISBN
- 9781250265357
- Publisher
- St. Martin's
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Reviewed on November 1, 2020 | Science & Technology
Cultural anthropologist Kirksey (Deakin Univ., Melbourne; Emergent Ecologies) immersed himself in the world of genetic medicine to report on the status of human genetic engineering, from custom-made gene therapies for cancer and HIV patients to gene editing in reproductive medicine. But the centerpiece of Kirskey's story is the secret experiment of Chinese scientist Jiankui He, who used the gene editing tool CRISPR to modify a gene...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
