THE CODE BREAKER - Walter Isaacson

The Code Breaker is Walter Isaacson's biography of Jennifer Doudna, the Nobel Prize-winning biochemist who co-developed CRISPR gene-editing technology. The book traces her path from a childhood in Hawaii to the discovery that allows scientists to edit DNA as precisely as editing a sentence, opening the door to curing genetic diseases, fighting viruses and pandemics, and raising profound ethical questions about engineering future generations. Isaacson, known for his biographies of Steve Jobs, Einstein and Leonardo da Vinci, explores the scientific race, the patent battles and the moral stakes of this revolution in human biology. Published by Simon and Schuster UK (2021), hardcover/paperback, 536 pages.