Cut-and-Paste Genetics: A CRISPR Revolution

Cut-and-Paste Genetics: A CRISPR Revolution

Sahotra Sarkar
$40.00
Publication Date: September 15th, 2021
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN:
9781786614377
Pages:
224
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Description

Bringing together historical and ethical insights on the revolutionary, Nobel prize winning CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology, this accessible book examines the history of human attempts to understand and control our evolution, how the CRISPR/Cas9 technology works and what it could mean for the elimination of genetic diseases.

About the Author

Sahotra Sarkar is professor in the Departments of Philosophy and Integrative Biology at the University of Texas, Austin. He has taught at Boston and McGill Universities and held fellowships at MIT and the Max Planck Institute. He grew up in Darjeeling, India and was educated at Columbia University and the University of Chicago. He is a prolific author, social activist, and environmentalist working at the intersection of biology and society primarily in the American Southwest and in Mexico. A specialist in the history and philosophy of science, he has particular interest in both the philosophy of biology and physics.