{"product_id":"the-code-breaker-young-readers-edition-jennifer-doudna-and-the-race-to-understand-our-genetic-code-9781665910675","title":"The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition: Jennifer Doudna and the Race to Understand Our Genetic Code","description":"\u003cb\u003eWalter Isaacson's #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling history of our third scientific revolution: CRISPR, gene editing, and the quest to understand the code of life itself, is now adapted for young readers!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Jennifer Doudna was a sixth grader in Hilo, Hawaii, she came home from school one afternoon and found a book on her bed. It was \u003ci\u003eThe Double Helix\u003c\/i\u003e, James Watson's account of how he and Francis Crick had discovered the structure of DNA, the spiral-staircase molecule that carries the genetic instruction code for all forms of life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book guided Jennifer Doudna to focus her studies not on DNA, but on what seemed to take a backseat in biochemistry: figuring out the structure of RNA, a closely related molecule that enables the genetic instructions coded in DNA to express themselves. Doudna became an expert in determining the shapes and structures of these RNA molecules--an expertise that led her to develop a revolutionary new technique that could edit human genes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToday gene-editing technologies such as CRISPR are already being used to eliminate simple genetic defects that cause disorders such as Tay-Sachs and sickle cell anemia. For now, however, Jennifer and her team are being deployed against our most immediate threat--the coronavirus--and you have just been given a front row seat to that race.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781665910675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.63h x 5.13w x 0.92d","brand":"Walter Isaacson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729571156149,"sku":"9781665910675","price":7.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_334a697d-411d-4e41-95f3-392ec25c7c62.jpg?v=1675803822","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-code-breaker-young-readers-edition-jennifer-doudna-and-the-race-to-understand-our-genetic-code-9781665910675","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}