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by Walter Isaacson; Adapted by Sarah Durand

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Walter Isaacson's #1 New York Times bestselling 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!

When 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 The Double Helix, 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.

This 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.

Today 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.

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  • Title The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition: Jennifer Doudna and the Race to Understand Our Genetic Code
  • Author Walter Isaacson; Adapted by Sarah Durand
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
  • Publication date 2022-04-26
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9781665910668 / 1665910666
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.59 x 5.83 x 1.16 in (21.82 x 14.81 x 2.95 cm)
  • Age range 10 to 13 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 8
  • Reading level 1180
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Science
  • Library of Congress subjects Genetics - Research, Gene editing
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2021042297
  • Dewey Decimal Code 576.5

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Citations

  • Booklist, 04/15/2022, Page 37
  • Kirkus Reviews, 03/01/2022, Page 0

About the author

Walter Isaacson is the bestselling author of biographies of Elon Musk, Jennifer Doudna, Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, and Albert Einstein. He is a professor of history at Tulane and was CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair of CNN, and editor of Time. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2023. Visit him at Isaacson.Tulane.edu.

Sarah Durand is a New York Times bestselling collaborator who works with celebrities, beauty and wellness experts, professional athletes, CEOs, and women with a mission. She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and two daughters.

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