{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWalter Isaacson is the bestselling author of biographies of 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 \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2023. Visit him at Isaacson.Tulane.edu. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSarah Durand is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50628934402322,"sku":"9781665910675","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2b698c2a-ab6b-4913-b22d-1454a980059d.jpg?v=1732713664","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-code-breaker-young-readers-edition-jennifer-doudna-and-the-race-to-understand-our-genetic-code-9781665910675","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}